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    The surname Lefebvre

    A French surname, carried by 6,381 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L116

    Lefebvre: #5,454 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lefebvre #5,454, 6,381 people Lefebvre: #5,454 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lefebvre #5,454, 6,381 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lefebvre is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Lefebvre.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,381 people named Lefebvre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,385 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,991.

    #5,454
    rank among US surnames
    6,381
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,354)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,451Lett6,38548,355
    #5,452Dawes6,38348,370
    #5,453Hsieh6,38248,378
    #5,454Fawcett6,38148,385

    Who is named Lefebvre

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Lefebvre identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lefebvres

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus
      Archbishop and cardinal from France (1768-1836)
    • André Lefèbvre
      Automobile engineer and rally driver, winner of the 1927 Monte Carlo Rally (1894–1964)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lefebvre

    Lefebvre has the Soundex code L116, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L116.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lefebvre come from?
    From French Lefebvre.
    How common is the surname Lefebvre?
    6,381 people in the United States had the surname Lefebvre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,385 Americans. It ranked 5,454th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lefebvre?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lefebvre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lefebvre?
    Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus, archbishop and cardinal from France (1768-1836), followed by André Lefèbvre.
    Where is the surname Lefebvre most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lefebvre in France.
    Is the surname Lefebvre getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,991 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,381 in 2010, up 6.5%.