Frequency: (229)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Variant of French Lefevre, altered by folk etymology as if it were from fave ‘bean’ (see Lafave).
2. Italian (Sicily; Le Fave): from le fave, plural of fava ‘broad bean’ (see Fava).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
