Leforest Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Leforest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leforest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Leforest Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leforest is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leforest? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Leforest occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Leforest reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Leforest is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Leforest is mostly found in: New York, where 60 percent are found and Florida, where 40 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent are found and Jamaica, where 13 percent are found.

Leforest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Leforest has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leforest last name decreased 37 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Leforest Last Name Statistics demography

Leforest earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.39% less than the national average, earning $26,583 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leforrest941/
Lefores934/
Leforet931/
Laforest889,131/
Lefore86328/
Lafforest8296/
Laforrest8296/
Lafourest8218/
La'forest821/
Leforge80241/
Lefares801/
Lefoore801/
Letfore801/
Lesfore801/
Ledfore800/
Leforre800/
Leufore800/
Lefforge75193/
Lesforis7573/
Laforast7530/
Leforgey7512/
Laforesd754/
Laferest750/
Lefora71253/
Lefare713/
Laforrést711/
Lefori711/
Laforrist710/
Lefaure67776/
Lefeure6759/
Lefouri6718/
Lefarge6713/
Lephore674/
Lesfori671/
Liforge671/
Leufory671/
Lipfore671/
Lefoura671/
Leafare670/
Leffare670/
Lefarre670/

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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 Leforest
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