# Lefevre (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lefevre/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French. (Smith)

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,472 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,245 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 56,423 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (5,179 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lefave |

## Etymology

From French Lefèvre

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lefevre in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lefevre in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Lefevre

- Théo Lefèvre, Belgian politician (1914-1973)
- Adam LeFevre, American actor
- Robert LeFevre, American libertarian businessman (1911–1986)

## Similar surnames

Lefever, Lefebvre, Lafever.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.