Leffew Surname

262,280th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,495 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Leffew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leffew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4931:242,77223,166
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Leffew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leffew is most common in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leffew? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 262,280th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,874,613 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Leffew live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Leffew is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,493 people, or 1 in 242,772. In The United States Leffew is most prevalent in: Tennessee, where 29 percent are found, Michigan, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Leffew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Leffew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Leffew surname grew 2,103 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Leffew Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Leffew surname are 29.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.92% registered to vote for the political party.

Leffew earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.95% less than the national average, earning $41,012 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefew91113/
L'Leffew861/
Lefefe8321/
Leffef8310/
Lefife837/
Laffew834/
Lefeew831/
Leefew831/
Lesfew831/
Lewfew830/
Lewfeew771/
Lefev7316/
Lefif734/
Lafew733/
Lefeb732/
Lofew731/
Lefef731/
Lefief67451/
Lephew67232/
Lifife6772/
Leifif6721/
Lefiwe671/
Lefeev671/
Lefiff670/
Liffef670/
Lafhew670/

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Leffew Reference & Research

Leffew DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Leffew FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Leffew
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis