Leff Surname

109,917th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Leff Surname Definition:

(from the name of a male ancestor) Polish for “lion,” which is the translation of the Yiddish Layb, the kinnui of Judah. It also appears as Lew and Liff.

Leff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6241:100,01611,108
France791:840,79499,796
England771:723,61140,488
Israel591:145,04515,356
Argentina471:909,43458,335
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Mexico351:3,546,46324,778
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Ivory Coast301:769,04120,891
Romania291:692,34047,921
Latvia251:82,00212,055
Poland211:1,809,94093,678
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Namibia71:344,20010,409
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
China21:683,660,78330,601
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:913,06755,053

Leff (109) may also be a first name.

Leff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from the name of a male ancestor) Polish for “lion,” which is the translation of the Yiddish Layb, the kinnui of Judah. It also appears as Lew and Liff.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Leff Last Name Facts

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

Leff (Russian: Лефф) occurs most in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 109,917th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,722,010 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Leff reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 900,062nd most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 109 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 3,624 people, or 1 in 100,016. In The United States Leff is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 19 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and New Jersey, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Leff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leff last name expanded 6,589 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Leff last name are 37.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.91% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Leff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.91% less than the national average, earning R 92,904 per year; in United States they earn 28.35% more than the national average, earning $55,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.01% more than the national average, earning $67,572 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lieff89232/
Leffe89139/
Leaff8948/
Lefft8942/
Leffs8914/
Leiff8913/
Leuff891/
Leffz891/
Hleff890/
Lef86301/
Leaffe802/
Leiffe801/
Leaf756,194/
Leef75945/
Leif75901/
Lief75820/
Left75809/
Liff75740/
Lefe75346/
Leuf75107/
Leyf7564/
Lepf7513/
Lefs753/
Lefp752/
Letf752/
Lesf751/
Hlef751/
Ljff751/
Lyff751/
Lejf751/
Lefz751/
Leffová735/
Lefffsz731/
Leafe67778/
Leefe67450/
Leife6759/
Leipf6743/
Lepfe6717/
Leftt6711/
Leifs679/
Lliff678/
Liffe676/
Leift676/
Hleif672/
Hlefe672/
Glief672/
Lehfe672/
Lepfh672/
Leafs671/
Lettf671/
Lyoff671/
Lewfe671/
Hlefh671/
Leefs671/
Laiff671/
Lehef671/
Leitf671/
Lihff671/
Lehzf671/
Lifft670/
Leyfe670/

Leff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leff in the Russian language
Леффleff-

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