The Lefebvre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,381 people carried this name — #5,454 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,991 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lefebvre surname
Variant of Lefèvre, from le (“the”) + fèvre (“worker”), with b because of the Latin etymology. From Middle French fevre, from Latin faber.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lefebvre» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 37,312 people named Lefebvre.
398 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 5,112 people named Lefebvre live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
297 people named Lefebvre live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 141 people named Lefebvre live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Tucumán.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lefebvre in American newspapers,
1876–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,189 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lefebvre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Valentin Lefebvre 1637–1677 · engraver -
Urbain Lefebvre 1725–1792 · missionary -
François Joseph Lefebvre 1755–1820 · military personnel -
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus 1768–1836 · archbishop -
Charles-Victor-Eugène Lefebvre 1805–1882 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 188 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lefebvre.
- Lee 693,023 · U.S. census
- Leeman 2,653 · U.S. census
- Lees 5,502 · U.S. census
- Lefaivre 196 · U.S. census
- Lefebre 713 · U.S. census
- Lefebure 274 · U.S. census
- Lefever 3,327 · U.S. census
- Lefevere 150 · U.S. census
- Lefevre 5,472 · U.S. census
- Lefort 1,272 · U.S. census
- Lefranc 278 · U.S. census
- Lefrancois 785 · U.S. census
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