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Lefevre

in Pennsylvania

There are 270 people with the last name "Lefevre" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Lefevre 4,661
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  1. is 4,657th most common Frain
  2. is 4,658th most common Fraley
  3. is 4,659th most common Kell
  4. is 4,660th most common Leatherman
  5. is 4,661st most common Lefevre
  6. is 4,662nd most common Lo
  7. is 4,663rd most common Mattes
  8. is 4,664th most common Pruitt
  9. is 4,665th most common Sickles

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lefevre

John, Michael, Robert, Charles, Joseph, Paul, David, Donna, Jeffrey, Susan

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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