Lefferts Surname

368,303rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 977 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Lefferts Surname Definition:

(Dutch) The son of Leffert (dear, hard).

Lefferts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7801:464,69139,603
Netherlands1881:89,82514,833
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2801:179,35215,996

Lefferts Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) The son of Leffert (dear, hard).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lefferts Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lefferts (Russian: Леффертс) is most common in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lefferts.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefferts? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 368,303rd most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,459,105 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Lefferts live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 780 people, or 1 in 464,691. In The United States Lefferts is most numerous in: New York, where 15 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 19 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.

Lefferts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lefferts has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lefferts surname rose 279 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lefferts Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lefferts surname are 2.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.56% registered with the political party.

Lefferts earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.66% more than the national average, earning $43,867 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Lefferts Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lefferts in the Russian language
Леффертсlefferts-

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