The surname Lafever
A surname, carried by 1,960 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex L116
Origin
French surname, Americanized from Lefèvre. Compare Lafevers.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,960 people named Lafever in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,523 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,997.
#15,060
rank among US surnames
1,960
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-1.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,875)
Who is named Lafever
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Lafever identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Questions
- Where does the surname Lafever come from?
- French surname, Americanized from Lefèvre. Compare Lafevers.
- How common is the surname Lafever?
- 1,960 people in the United States had the surname Lafever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,523 Americans. It ranked 15,060th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lafever?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lafever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Lafever getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,960 in 2010, down 1.9%.