Lefever Surname

72,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,799 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Lefever Surname Definition:

(French-Latin) The (Iron-) Worker: v. Le Fèvre.

Lefever Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,3741:82,8679,409
Belgium1,5821:7,267973
France3411:194,78830,294
England1441:386,93126,993
Chile761:231,7967,107
Canada531:695,20056,020
Australia451:599,90442,958
Jamaica401:71,7493,500
Guam371:4,328556
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Oman41:921,9937,313
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Iceland21:190,0456,825
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1601:152,34613,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2081:41,5724,866

The alternate forms: Leféver (1) are calculated separately.

Lefever Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French-Latin) The (Iron-) Worker: v. Le Fèvre.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Old French, le fevre, a workman, particularly a smith, like the Latin falter. Modern French has rejected the word and substituted forgeron, though the surname is nearly as common in France as Smith is with us. Many settlements of Le Fevres have taken place in England, and at least half a dozen different coats of arms are now associated with the name in this country. The Lefevres of Heekfield came from the neighbourhood of Rouen, and established themselves in England at the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, settling in Essex and Hampshire. B.L.G.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lefever Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lefever (Russian: Лефевер) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Leféver. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefever? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lefever is the 72,513th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,071,856 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Lefever live; 45 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 4,374 people, or 1 in 82,867. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 7 percent are found, New York, where 6 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 23 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.

Lefever Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lefever has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lefever last name grew 362 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lefever Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lefever surname are 32.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 79.59% being registered with the party.

The amount Lefever earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 37.35% more than the national average, earning 475,356 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.5% less than the national average, earning $41,638 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $51,189 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lefever Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lefever in the Russian language
Лефеверlefever-

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Lefever Reference & Research

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