Lefeve Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Haiti

Lefeve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefeve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1341:495,69269,430
United States1281:2,831,710167,846
Haiti821:130,2925,834
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

The alternate forms: Lefève (13) are calculated separately.

Lefeve Last Name Facts

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

Lefeve is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Lefève. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefeve? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 791,719th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Lefeve live; 40 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 495,692. In France Lefeve is most prevalent in: Grand Est, where 44 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 18 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 14 percent live. Excluding France this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent live and Haiti, where 23 percent live.

Lefeve Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lefeve has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lefeve last name grew 610 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lefeve Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Lefeve are 7.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.17% being registered with the political party.

Lefeve earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.4% more than the national average, earning $52,382 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefève9413/
Lefever926,799/
Lefeuve92185/
Lefeave9229/
Lefevie922/
Lefevhe921/
Leafeve921/
Lefevee920/
Lefeaver8610/
Leffever867/
Lefeuvie861/
Leefever860/
Lefeever860/
Levfever860/
Lefave831,044/
Lafeve83143/
Lefevi830/
Leefeaver802/
Lefeber771,645/
Lefaive77550/
Lifever774/
Leféver771/
Lefebee771/
Lefewer770/
Lefiver770/
Lefaiver7162/
Leefevio710/
Leefeber710/
Lafave674,993/
Lefavi6763/
Lafove678/
Lefowe671/
Lefiwe671/
Lefeba671/
Lefewi671/

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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
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  • 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 Lefeve
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