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Lefevre

in the US

There are 4,702 people with the last name "Lefevre" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Lefevre 5,773
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  1. is 5,769th most common Mayers
  2. is 5,770th most common Hawkes
  3. is 5,771st most common Deckard
  4. is 5,772nd most common Korn
  5. is 5,773rd most common Lefevre
  6. is 5,774th most common Farina
  7. is 5,775th most common Elston
  8. is 5,776th most common Keil
  9. is 5,777th most common Restrepo

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Lefevre

Robert, Michael, John, David, James, Mary, William, Charles, Paul, Thomas

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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