Leffler Surname

53,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,545 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Leffler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leffler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,1131:50,9576,151
Germany9881:81,48310,284
Sweden3781:26,0502,120
Argentina3201:133,57311,296
Canada2531:145,63514,918
Brazil1221:1,754,70857,059
Australia561:482,06636,890
England501:1,114,36153,243
Czechia461:231,16232,089
Slovakia441:121,28322,570
Hungary271:363,56625,782
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Israel131:658,28045,106
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Uruguay71:490,25125,911
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
France31:22,140,907385,998
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3241:37,9304,498

Leffler (44) may also be a first name.

Leffler Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leffler (Arabic: يفلر, Russian: Леффлер) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leffler? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 53,490th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 763,494 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Leffler are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 44 people.

The last name Leffler is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 7,113 people, or 1 in 50,957. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Indiana, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States it occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 percent reside.

Leffler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Leffler has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 537 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 104 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leffler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Leffler surname are 34.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 87.57% being registered with the political party.

The amount Leffler earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.96% more than the national average, earning 366,712 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 63.13% less than the national average, earning R 87,624 per year; in United States they earn 5.81% more than the national average, earning $45,657 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.21% less than the national average, earning $46,103 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loeffler9311,582/
Lefflear9313/
Leffleur935/
Lleffler931/
L'Effler931/
Laeffler930/
Leaffler930/
Lieffler930/
Lefflere930/
Lefler927,428/
Leffle9220/
Löffler8639,450/
Loffler861,763/
Lefleur86482/
Laffler86292/
Leflere86123/
Loefler8681/
Leffley8678/
Liffler8619/
Leifler8617/
Lesfler868/
Lleffle861/
Leefler861/
Lefflet861/
Leflear861/
Läffler861/
Laefler860/
Leffles860/
Lefflie860/
Leflier860/
Lepfler860/
Lefflir860/
Lefle8313/
Lefflerová8252/
Laffleur8066/
Loefller806/
Leefleur803/
Lyoffler802/
Loepfler802/
Loeffelr801/
Leffleiz801/
Lofflier800/
Loiffler800/
Leiflier800/
Lafler77858/
Lefley77558/
Löfler77213/
Leflej77204/
Leflet77126/
Leflie7713/
Leflér779/
Lofler778/
Liffle774/
Leflea771/
Lefled771/
Lefleu771/
Leflez771/
Leflre771/
Leffly770/
Lefles770/
Leifle770/
Lifler770/
Leflerová7590/
Lefilleur7521/
Leifeller753/
Leflerova753/
Lefailler752/
Lafleur7140,588/
Löfflerová71198/
Lefelle71145/
Leflett7166/
Lifleur7121/
Lyofler719/
Leflair714/
Leflyor713/
Lofller713/
Laflear712/
Leifled712/
Löfller712/
Leafley711/
Lofleur711/
Liffley711/
Lafleir711/
Lafleyr711/
Leaflet711/
Leflley711/
Leflech711/
Leflère711/
Lafflör711/
Loifler710/
Lefflis710/
Laflaer710/
Lefleth710/
Lefly678/
La'fleur677/
Lafflair677/
Lefla674/
Lifle672/
Llafleur672/
Leafeley670/
Lefelrre670/
Lafleurr670/

Leffler Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leffler in the Russian language
Леффлерleffler-
Leffler in the Arabic language
يفلرyflr-

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Leffler Reference & Research

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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 Leffler
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