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
Leifs is most common in Denmark. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leifs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leifs is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Leifs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Leifs reside; 78 percent reside in Northern Europe and 78 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly held in Denmark, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,128,943. In Denmark it is primarily concentrated in: North Denmark Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Denmark this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.
Leifs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leifs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing 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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