Leffingwell

English

Etymology

English habitational surname from a lost place in Essex recorded as Liffildeuuella in the Domesday Book, from the Old English female given name Lēofhild + wella (“well, spring”).

Proper noun

Leffingwell (plural Leffingwells)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leffingwell is the 23866^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1058 individuals. Leffingwell is most common among White (94.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leffingwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 414.