Where Does The Last Name Leife Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Leife is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leife? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Leife is the 2,506,728^th most widely held family name globally, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of Leife are found; 47 percent are found in Northern Europe and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Leife is also the 1,744,716^th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 35 people.

The last name Leife is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 56 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Ondo, where 19 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 36 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Leife Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Leife has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Leife surname expanded 233 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.