Lefferty Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Lefferty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefferty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Lefferty Last Name Facts

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

Lefferty is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lefferty click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefferty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Lefferty reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 83 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most common in England, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Lancashire, where 100 percent live. Outside of England this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live.

Lefferty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lefferty has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Lefferty surname rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lefferty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leferty930/
Lofferty883/
Lefferte881/
Leuferty880/
Laffertty825/
Laffertey823/
Laffeerty822/
Loferty800/
Lafferte75378/
Lafferti7521/
Lavferty753/
Laffarty753/
Laferrty751/
Lafforty751/
Lafherty751/
Laffirty750/
Laffertte7149/
Laffertti7110/
Leifherte710/
Laffartay710/
Laferte671,143/
Leforte67293/
Laforty67145/
Leforti677/
Laferti672/
Lefrete671/
Lafarty671/
Lafertte63165/
Lafertee633/
Laferthe631/
Lafforte631/
Lapherty630/
Loforte5327,891/
Laforte531,345/
Loforti53115/
Laforti536/
Lafarti532/
Lafarte532/

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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 Lefferty
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