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Lefevre

in Illinois

There are 181 people with the last name "Lefevre" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Lefevre 6,210
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  1. is 6,206th most common Heiman
  2. is 6,207th most common Hovey
  3. is 6,208th most common Hulbert
  4. is 6,209th most common Koval
  5. is 6,210th most common Lefevre
  6. is 6,211th most common Littlefield
  7. is 6,212th most common Margolis
  8. is 6,213th most common Marty
  9. is 6,214th most common Mccutcheon

Similar Names and Nicknames

Lefebvre, Lefever, Lafever, Lefevers, Lefeber, Lefebre, Lefebure, Lefeld, Lefevere, Lefere

Most Common First Names for Lefevre

Michael, Robert, Brian, William, Danielle, David, Deborah, James, John, Korri

Meaning & History

French (Lefèvre): occupational name for an ironworker or smith, Old French fevre. One of the most common names in France from an early date, this was taken to Britain and Ireland by the Normans, by the French to Canada, and by the Huguenots (with the variant form Lefebre) to colonial America and elsewhere.In Canada, there were so many bearers of this name that many nicknames and epithets (secondary surnames or ‘dit’ names) were employed to distinguish between one family and another. Thus, for example, the Lefevre called Descoteaux became Hill by translation, and the Lefevre called Boulanger became Baker. Since fevre ‘smith’ had ceded as a general vocabulary word to forgeron in French, the meaning of the name was no longer understood; in some cases it was reconstructed as Lafeve (Latin faba) and translated as Bean.

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