The Lefevre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,472 people carried this name — #6,245 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,179 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lefevre surname
From French Lefèvre
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lefevre» (English), 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 26,438 people named Lefevre.
373 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 105 départements, most often Aisne.
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 4,407 people named Lefevre 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
176 people named Lefevre live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 95 people named Lefevre 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Lefevre is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lefevre in American newspapers,
1912–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Lefevre,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Shaw-Lefevre 1797–1879 · lawyer -
James Lefevre 1828–1914 · priest -
Louise Pioger 1848–1920 · dressmaker -
Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre 1876–1922 · politician -
Elvia Lefevre de Wirz 1931– · writer -
Madeleine Lefevre 1726–1801
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 58 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lefevre.
- Lefaivre 196 · U.S. census
- Lefebre 713 · U.S. census
- Lefebure 274 · U.S. census
- Lefebvre 6,381 · U.S. census
- Lefever 3,327 · U.S. census
- Lefevere 150 · U.S. census
- Lefort 1,272 · U.S. census
- Lefranc 278 · U.S. census
- Lefrancois 785 · U.S. census
- Lega 210 · U.S. census
- Legagneur 234 · U.S. census
- Legal 196 · U.S. census
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