How common is the surname Leffew?

1,202 people in the United States had the surname Leffew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,860 Americans. It ranked 21,672nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leffew?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Leffew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Leffew getting more or less common?

More common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,202 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Leffew

A surname, carried by 1,202 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leffew is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

French surname, Americanized from Lefèvre.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,202 people named Leffew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,860 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,073.

#21,672

rank among US surnames

1,202

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12%

change since 2000 (was #22,384)

Who is named Leffew

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

92% of people named Leffew identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Leffew

Leff

Leffew has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Questions

Where does the surname Leffew come from?: French surname, Americanized from Lefèvre.
How common is the surname Leffew?: 1,202 people in the United States had the surname Leffew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,860 Americans. It ranked 21,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leffew?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Leffew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Leffew getting more or less common?: More common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,202 in 2010, up 12%.