Leifs Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Leifs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Leifs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leifs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leifs is carried by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leifs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Leifs live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most commonly occurring in Denmark, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,128,943. In Denmark Leifs is mostly concentrated in: North Denmark Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Denmark Leifs is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 22 percent live.
Leifs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leifs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Leifs surname declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leif | 89 | 901 | / |
| Lifs | 89 | 4 | / |
| Lefs | 89 | 3 | / |
| Leife | 80 | 59 | / |
| Leiws | 80 | 45 | / |
| Leipf | 80 | 43 | / |
| Leibs | 80 | 31 | / |
| Loefs | 80 | 24 | / |
| Leffs | 80 | 14 | / |
| Leiff | 80 | 13 | / |
| Leift | 80 | 6 | / |
| Hleif | 80 | 2 | / |
| Leivs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Leitf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lefse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leefs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leafs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leisw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leisv | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liefs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lif | 75 | 1,431 | / |
| Lef | 75 | 301 | / |
| Leihof | 73 | 10 | / |
| Lifshe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Leiffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Laifhs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leipfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leiftd | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leib | 67 | 7,198 | / |
| Leaf | 67 | 6,194 | / |
| Leff | 67 | 4,232 | / |
| Loef | 67 | 1,226 | / |
| Life | 67 | 953 | / |
| Leef | 67 | 945 | / |
| Lief | 67 | 820 | / |
| Luef | 67 | 815 | / |
| Left | 67 | 809 | / |
| Liff | 67 | 740 | / |
| Libs | 67 | 499 | / |
| Luif | 67 | 474 | / |
| Lefe | 67 | 346 | / |
| Laif | 67 | 226 | / |
| Leuf | 67 | 107 | / |
| Lews | 67 | 83 | / |
| Lebs | 67 | 83 | / |
| Leyf | 67 | 64 | / |
| Lifh | 67 | 45 | / |
| Lipf | 67 | 43 | / |
| Leiw | 67 | 36 | / |
| Livs | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lift | 67 | 28 | / |
| Leiv | 67 | 21 | / |
| Levs | 67 | 20 | / |
| Loif | 67 | 18 | / |
| Lepf | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lijf | 67 | 9 | / |
| Laef | 67 | 8 | / |
| Livf | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hlif | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lisf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lafs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leibsch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Letf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lihf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Litf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liwf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lhif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lefp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liws | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lesw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lgif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leifová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lizf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lefffsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lidf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lifx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lejf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lefz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leitfch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leichvs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liof | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leivsch | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Leifs
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