What We Know About the Lefever Surname

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Lefever, so the heraldry linked to Lefèvre is a starting point, not an automatic right.

What Lefever means

Bearers of the name Lefever share their surname's story with Lefèvre, its better-known spelling. The name is usually explained as “The smith”.

Before spelling was fixed, Lefèvre was also written Lefever. Lefever ranked 9,741 in the 2010 US Census, with 3,327 people answering to the name. French civil records give 387 births under the name Lefever from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. Lefever sounds close to Lefeuvre, so it can help to search both.

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