The Lefler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,684 people carried this name — #8,888 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,650 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

90 people named Lefler have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 107 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

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

Where they live today

Masovian 25
Silesian 18
Warmian-Masurian 16
Łódź 12
Lower Silesian 9
Lesser Poland 6
Greater Poland 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Lefler in American newspapers,
1906.

Newspaper page from The Pioneer Express carrying the name Lefler
The Pioneer Express 1906-03-02
Newspaper page from Courier Democrat carrying the name Lefler
Courier Democrat 1906-03-08
Newspaper page from The Pioneer Express carrying the name Lefler
The Pioneer Express 1906-03-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,258 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lefler in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1910s.

46 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lefler. The most, 17, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 18
Victoria 18
New South Wales 5
Queensland 3
South Australia 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lefler.

Who carried it

People named Lefler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Billie B. Lefler
    Billie B. Lefler 1933–2017 · dentist
  • Franz Lefler 1831–1898 · painter
  • Wade Lefler 1896–1981 · baseball player
  • Hugh Talmage Lefler 1901–1981 · professor
  • Zsuzsanna Lefler 1903–1964
  • Akiva Lefler 1947–2019 · handball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lefler,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States279 records

279 records of the Lefler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 135
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Willard W. Lefler

    Born 1913 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; driver from Tripp County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria-Anna Lefler

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Hitchcock from Havre, aged 17; farmer. From Hesse Nassau, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harry E. Lefler

    Born 1931; from Randolph County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 279 records for Lefler in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands16 records

16 records of the Lefler name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 9
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Willy Ernst Lefler

    Married in 1932 in Amsterdam; metalworker.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jacob Gustaaf Lefler

    Died 1846 in Almelo, aged 60.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Elisabeth Lefler

    In the population register of Vlissingen; born 1779 in Grave.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Lefler in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Lefler name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Sandra Evelyn Lefler

    Died 1996; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Lefler

    Died 1875 in Dutch Village, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Marshall Lefler

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 14 records for Lefler in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Germany6 records

6 records of the Lefler name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ernst Lefler

    From Gräfenroda. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 9 December 1914.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Lefler

    From Grafenroda, Ohrdruf. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 14 November 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Lefler

    From Gräfenroda, Gotha. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 6 August 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Lefler in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Lefler name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Amelia Lefler

    Married 1890 in Ringarooma, Tasmania, aged 20.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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