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

Leifels is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leifels? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 502,491st most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 11,143,037 people. The surname Leifels is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Leifels are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common 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 are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 16 percent are found and Hesse, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Leifels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leifels has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 840 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 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 with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.82% registered with 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
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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 Leifels
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