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    The surname Lefort

    A French surname, carried by 1,272 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L163

    Lefort: #20,770 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lefort #20,770, 1,272 people Lefort: #20,770 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lefort #20,770, 1,272 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lefort is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Borrowed from French Lefort.

    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 1,272 people named Lefort in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,724 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,173.

    #20,770
    rank among US surnames
    1,272
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,916)

    Who is named Lefort

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

    85% of people named Lefort identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lefort come from?
    Borrowed from French Lefort.
    How common is the surname Lefort?
    1,272 people in the United States had the surname Lefort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,724 Americans. It ranked 20,770th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lefort?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lefort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lefort getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,173 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,272 in 2010, up 8.4%.