Lefen Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lefen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Lefen (3,671) may also be a first name.

Lefen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lefen Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lefen is found most in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefen? popularity and diffusion

Lefen is the 3,432,070th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Lefen reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Lefen is also the 116,470th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 3,671 people.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 2,875,195. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent live and Bavaria, where 4 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leufen91399/
Leffen9162/
Leefen9116/
Loefen9113/
Leifen913/
Letfen911/
Lefeng911/
Leafen910/
Loeffen831,791/
Leuffen83192/
Leifeng837/
Lefiehn835/
Laeffen830/
Lefenne830/
Lefin801,072/
Lafen80184/
Lofen80135/
Lifen8072/
Lefne802/
Lefín801/
Leafgeen771/
Liffen73230/
Leffin73186/
Lifeng73183/
Laffen73134/
Lafeen7384/
Lahfen7358/
Lefint7358/
Lefina7334/
Lefing7313/
Laifen7311/
Lafehn7310/
Lofehn736/
Litfen736/
Loffen734/
Lephen733/
Letfin732/
Levehn732/
Lyofen731/
Löffen731/
Lefion731/
Lefink731/
Lafien731/
Levfin731/
Lihfen731/
Lefyon730/
Laffien6739/
Laifeng6710/
Leifing677/
Leephen674/
Leffing674/
Ljfn672/
Lyfn672/
Lapheen671/
Lifn671/
Lopfuen671/
Lephien671/
Lofn670/
Leaffin670/
Lepheen670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lefen
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