Leifels Surname

502,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Leifels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leifels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5011:160,69019,100
Australia981:275,46624,785
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Leifels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leifels occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leifels? popularity and diffusion

It is the 502,491st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,143,037 people. Leifels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Leifels are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 501 people, or 1 in 160,690. In Germany Leifels is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent live, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 16 percent live and Hesse, where 5 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Leifels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Leifels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Leifels last name increased 840 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leifels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Leifels surname are 35.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.82% being registered to vote for the party.

Leifels earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.49% more than the national average, earning $44,654 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leiffels9332/
Leviels8622/
Lifells860/
Levieils80230/
Leoffels806/
Lefelisa801/
Lifellis801/
Levels771,067/
Lefils77443/
Levils771/
Lifils770/
Lefles770/
Livels770/
Lif Wells751/
Lefiles7165/
Levells7153/
Leveles7139/
Le Fils7122/
Leviles7114/
Leevels719/
Levelis718/
Leavels715/
Livelis711/
Le-Fils711/
Lefulsi711/
Levelas711/
Levilus711/
Levills710/
Leffles710/
Lefills710/
Louifils67125/
Leifholz6788/
Levelius6732/
Leavells6723/
Lefolosa6717/
Leofilos6711/
Lefilous678/
Levelesi674/
Lieflies671/
Lee-Fellows671/
Levellus671/
Levls671/
Lefulese671/
Lfellous671/
Lee Fielies671/
Leveless670/
Leflez621/

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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 Leifels
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