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The Lefever surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,327 people carried this name — #9,741 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 88,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,331).

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lefever surname

French surname, Americanized from Lefèvre. This surname is also found in Flanders.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lefever» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 808 people named Lefever 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 West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 297
Flemish Brabant 244
Antwerp 136
East Flanders 72
Brussels-Capital 30
Walloon Brabant 24
Hainaut 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 155 people named Lefever.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Nord 96
Pas-de-Calais 14
Oise 11
Seine-Maritime 5
Paris 3
Somme 2
Charente-Maritime 2
Gironde 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Lefever in American newspapers,
1917–1918.

Newspaper page from The Crook County Monitor carrying the name Lefever
The Crook County Monitor 1917-04-12
Newspaper page from The Review carrying the name Lefever
The Review 1917-02-15
Newspaper page from The Northern Wyoming Herald carrying the name Lefever
The Northern Wyoming Herald 1918-01-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,950 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lefever,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Lefever 1760–1826 · politician
  • Mary Lefever 1800–1823
  • Fernand Lefever 1883–1959 · architect
  • Kenneth Lefever 1915–2006 · civil servant
  • Joseph Lefever 1944– · politician
  • Eva Lefever 1955– · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Lefever.

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