Levental Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Levental Surname User-submission:

This surname is derived from Old German Löwe + Thal, meaning 'lion valley'; or deriving from the Ashkenazi prefix Lev-, as in the descendants of Levi.

Levental Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Israel281:305,63026,425
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Ukraine161:2,845,168170,459
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
France131:5,109,440259,941
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Levental Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is derived from Old German Löwe + Thal, meaning 'lion valley'; or deriving from the Ashkenazi prefix Lev-, as in the descendants of Levi.

- Michael Levental

Levental Last Name Facts

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

Levental (Russian: Левенталь) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Levental? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,163,787th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. Levental is mostly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Levental live; 25 percent live in North America and 23 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 9,061,473. In The United States Levental is mostly found in: New Jersey, where 20 percent reside, Michigan, where 15 percent reside and New York, where 15 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 14 percent reside and Uzbekistan, where 11 percent reside.

Levental Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Levental surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% registered with the party.

The amount Levental earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 31.32% more than the national average, earning $56,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 51.88% more than the national average, earning $75,460 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Levental Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Levental in the Russian language
Левентальlevental-

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