How common is the surname Lefevre?

5,472 people in the United States had the surname Lefevre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,423 Americans. It ranked 6,245th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lefevre?

Théo Lefèvre, Belgian politician (1914-1973), followed by Adam LeFevre.

Where is the surname Lefevre most common?

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

Is the surname Lefevre getting more or less common?

More common. 5,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,472 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Lefevre

A French occupational surname, carried by 5,472 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L116

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lefevre is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Lefèvre

Lefevre is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 5,472 people named Lefevre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,423 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,179.

#6,245

rank among US surnames

5,472

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,106)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,241	Soler	5,477	56,371
#6,242	Lenhart	5,476	56,382
#6,244	Baber	5,474	56,402
#6,245	Lefevre	5,472	56,423

Who is named Lefevre

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

90% of people named Lefevre identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lefevres

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Théo Lefèvre
Belgian politician (1914-1973)
Adam LeFevre
American actor, born 1950
Robert LeFevre
American libertarian businessman (1911–1986)

Notable Lefevres come mostly from the United States (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lefave

Surnames that sound like Lefevre

Lefevre 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 Lefevre come from?: From French Lefèvre
How common is the surname Lefevre?: 5,472 people in the United States had the surname Lefevre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,423 Americans. It ranked 6,245th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lefevre?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lefevre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lefevre?: Théo Lefèvre, Belgian politician (1914-1973), followed by Adam LeFevre.
Where is the surname Lefevre most common?: Wikidata records people named Lefevre in the United States and Belgium.
What type of surname is Lefevre?: Lefevre is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Lefevre getting more or less common?: More common. 5,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,472 in 2010, up 5.7%.
What are other spellings of Lefevre?: Lefave.