Febre is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Febre
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France
Meaning:

The family name Febre is the variation of the Lefevre. Old French le fevre, a workman, particularly a smith, like the Latin faber. Modern French has rejected the word and substituted forgeron, though the surname is nearly as common in France as Smith is with us. Many settlements of Le Fevres have taken place in England, and at least half a dozen different coats of arms are now associated with the name in this country. The Lefevres of Heckfield came from the neighbourhood of Rouen, and established themselves in England at the Rev. of the Edict of Nantes, settling in Essex and Hampshire. B.L.G.

The lastname is the form of the Fever. Old French Le fevre, the smith.

Febre is the form of Fevre. The worker in metals, a smith.

A variant of LeFevre. The worker in metals, a smith. Also found with F not capitalized.

The surname Febre is a variant of Fevre. The Smith.

How popular is Febre?

Febre is common in Peru, Argentina, Philippines, Chile, United States, Ecuador.

Febre is ranked 131294 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Febres grew by 16.67 per cent to 182 since 2000 and ranked 99378 after elevating 6527 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
42.86 39.1
Hispanic or Latino 41.76 41.67
White 12.64 16.03
Febre is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Peru which may be its originating country too. Around 3442 people have been found who wears Febre as their family name. Febre is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Febre:
3,186 Peru1,006
Countries with hundreds of Febre:
4,348 Argentina829
25,957 Philippines645
2,746 Chile268
97,498 United States256
6,987 Ecuador111
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,720 Venezuela84
103,228 France75
6,177 Portugal75
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,676 Spain46
329,557 Brazil11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
3,435 Puerto Rico7

Immigrants to US

From Italy

George Febre worked as farmer and hailed from Italy. 36 years old embarked for USA from Havre on William Tell and arrived on April 5, 1856.

From Germany

9 years old Henriette Febre who was residing in France migrated to Baltimore on May 17, 1869 by Paraguay put out from Havre & London.

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