Lefting Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lefting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lefting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Lefting Last Name Facts

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

Lefting is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lefting? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,323,005th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Lefting live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Lefting is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 94 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent live. Other than Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 3 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liefting931,114/
Leufting931/
Leftin92156/
Lieftieng881/
Lofting86444/
Lifting864/
Lafting860/
Lieftink80672/
Leeftink80406/
Leuftink8096/
Loffting803/
Leiftink801/
Lievting801/
Leftinck800/
Leiftion800/
Liftin7792/
Leften7717/
Levtin775/
Lewtin771/
Lieftinck7535/
Leftinova753/
Lowting719/
Loftäng718/
Liftina712/
Levtina711/
Liftinova631/
Levtén622/
Livtin622/
Levten621/
Liwtin621/
Liften621/
Lewten620/
Lewthen571/
Livtina571/
Lifften570/

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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 Lefting
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