Leufvén Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Leufvén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Leufvén Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden441:223,79015,522
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Leufven (18) are calculated separately.

Leufvén Last Name Facts

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

Leufvén is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Leufven. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leufvén? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Leufvén reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 223,790. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Västra Götaland County, where 18 percent live, Stockholm County, where 16 percent live and Södermanland County, where 14 percent live. Not including Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leufven9518/
Löfvén7741/
Loefven711/
Lefvain710/
Lefvingne631/
Löfven6234/
Löfvin6215/
Lofven6211/
Löfving57544/
Lofving5723/
Lafving578/
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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 Leufvén
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