Levay Surname
Approximately 1,871 people bear this surname
Levay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 778 | 1:465,886 | 39,683 |
| Israel | 413 | 1:20,721 | 3,084 |
| Canada | 115 | 1:320,396 | 29,368 |
| Belarus | 59 | 1:161,035 | 21,792 |
| Czechia | 54 | 1:196,916 | 28,617 |
| Austria | 48 | 1:177,405 | 22,887 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| Hungary | 42 | 1:233,721 | 18,989 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Australia | 40 | 1:674,893 | 46,030 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Venezuela | 25 | 1:1,208,163 | 17,203 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Lévay (637) are calculated separately.
Levay (55) may also be a first name.
Levay Demographics
Levay Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Levay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Levay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Levay (Russian: Левай) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Lévay. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Levay? popularity and diffusion
Levay is the 218,820th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,895,000 people. The last name Levay is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Levay reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 47 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Levay is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 55 people.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 778 people, or 1 in 465,886. In The United States Levay is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 12 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Maryland, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 22 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.
Levay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Levay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Levay last name rose 5,187 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 363 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Levay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Levay surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.
In The United States those holding the Levay surname are 17.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.46% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Levay earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.9% less than the national average, earning R 21,636 per year; in United States they earn 8.94% more than the national average, earning $47,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.06% less than the national average, earning $48,163 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Levay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Levay in the Russian language | ||
| Левай | levaj | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Levay
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