How common is the surname Leffingwell?

1,058 people in the United States had the surname Leffingwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. It ranked 23,866th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Leffingwell getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,058 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Leffingwell

An English place surname, carried by 1,058 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leffingwell is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

English habitational surname from a lost place in Essex recorded as Liffildeuuella in the Domesday Book, from the Old English female given name Lēofhild + wella (“well, spring”).

Leffingwell is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,058 people named Leffingwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,110.

#23,866

rank among US surnames

1,058

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #21,832)

Who is named Leffingwell

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

95% of people named Leffingwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Leffingwell come from?: English habitational surname from a lost place in Essex recorded as Liffildeuuella in the Domesday Book, from the Old English female given name Lēofhild + wella (“well, spring”).
How common is the surname Leffingwell?: 1,058 people in the United States had the surname Leffingwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. It ranked 23,866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leffingwell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leffingwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Leffingwell?: Leffingwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Leffingwell getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,058 in 2010, down 4.7%.