Levantine Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Levantine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Levantine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel161:534,85239,210
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Levantine Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Levantine Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Levantine is found in Israel more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Levantine.

How Common Is The Last Name Levantine? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 36 percent of Levantine live; 32 percent live in West Asia and 32 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.

It is most frequently occurring in Israel, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 534,852. In Israel it is most numerous in: Central District, where 44 percent reside, Jerusalem District, where 19 percent reside and Northern District, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Israel Levantine exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 30 percent reside and The United States, where 28 percent reside.

Levantine Last Name Statistics demography

Levantine earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $47,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Levantini89284/
Leventine892/
Levontine892/
Lovantine892/
Levaantini841/
Levantinoi841/
Leventini7848/
Laventine7821/
Lovantini7813/
Lavantini785/
Lebantini781/
Lavontine780/
Lawantini6715/
Laventune671/
Lebantean671/
Liwanthien631/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Levantine
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