Lefrère Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Lefrère Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefrère Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium301:383,22141,070
France91:7,380,302306,885
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211

The alternate forms: Lefrere (1,026) & Lefrére (2) are calculated separately.

Lefrère Last Name Facts

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

Lefrère is most common in Belgium. It can occur as a variant: Lefrere or Lefrére. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefrère? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Lefrère occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Lefrère are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 383,221. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 70 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 30 percent reside. Outside of Belgium Lefrère exists in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 20 percent reside and Switzerland, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lefrere951,026/
Lefrére952/
Lefraire8051/
Lefrerre801/
Lefrer772/
Lefrir771/
Lafrere712/
Lefrary711/
Lafraire6724/
Lafriere672/
Lifrirei671/
Lafrierre630/
Lafriri579/
Lafrarj571/
Lifrerd571/
Lifrier571/
Lidfrer570/
Lafrery570/
Lifrieri53535/
Lafrhiri53239/
Lofrieri532/
Lifreiri532/
Lifriery531/
Liffrieri502/

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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 Lefrère
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