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

The last name Leife is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname Leife is the 2,506,728^th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname Leife occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Leife reside; 47 percent reside in Northern Europe and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716^th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 35 people.

Leife is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Leife is most numerous in: Enugu, where 56 percent reside, Lagos, where 22 percent reside and Ondo, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Leife is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 36 percent reside and England, where 12 percent reside.

Leife Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Leife has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Leife last name increased 233 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.