Lever Surname
Approximately 15,064 people bear this surname
Lever Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lever,' which see. Although the variant Leaver is not now very common in South Lancashire, it formerly was frequently found in that district.
1621. Robert Leaver, of Darcey Lever: Wills at Chester.
Read More About This SurnameLever Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,479 | 1:12,440 | 1,835 |
| United States | 2,701 | 1:134,194 | 14,074 |
| Australia | 1,816 | 1:14,865 | 2,110 |
| Cambodia | 1,762 | 1:8,790 | 906 |
| Canada | 778 | 1:47,359 | 5,769 |
| Netherlands | 477 | 1:35,403 | 5,942 |
| Colombia | 413 | 1:115,676 | 3,891 |
| Italy | 395 | 1:154,827 | 24,084 |
| France | 312 | 1:212,893 | 33,114 |
| Wales | 200 | 1:15,473 | 1,680 |
| New Zealand | 200 | 1:22,642 | 3,959 |
| South Africa | 200 | 1:270,889 | 26,929 |
| Scotland | 186 | 1:28,784 | 3,020 |
| Israel | 165 | 1:51,864 | 6,802 |
| Slovenia | 148 | 1:16,809 | 3,906 |
| Chile | 132 | 1:133,458 | 4,712 |
| Brazil | 88 | 1:2,432,663 | 74,473 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Mexico | 56 | 1:2,216,539 | 19,710 |
| Belgium | 45 | 1:255,481 | 31,256 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Panama | 36 | 1:108,674 | 4,042 |
| Venezuela | 33 | 1:915,275 | 14,245 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Lebanon | 16 | 1:352,318 | 10,901 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,676 | 1:9,109 | 1,362 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:116,976 | 5,458 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:58,089 | 2,880 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 562 | 1:89,357 | 9,234 |
The alternate forms: Levér (1) are calculated separately.
Lever (1,038) may also be a first name.
Lever Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lever,' which see. Although the variant Leaver is not now very common in South Lancashire, it formerly was frequently found in that district.
1621. Robert Leaver, of Darcey Lever: Wills at Chester.
1635. James Leaver, of Darcey Lever: ibid.
1647. Roger Leaver, of Bolton: ibid.
Here the true spelling of the locality is preserved, while the surname originated by that same locality has changed its orthography.
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lever.' Great Lever is a township in the parish of Middleton, Lancashire Little Lever is a chapelry in the parish of Bolton, Lancashire.
Alexander Lever, of Burnley, 1560: Wills at Chester.
Richard Lever, of Little Lever, 1588: ibid.
Margaret Lever, of Lever, 1603: ibid.
Mary Lever, of Bolton-in-le-Moors, widow, 1668: ibid. (1660-80).
1587. James Tanner and Cicely Leaver (Essex): Marriage Lic.(London).
Robertus Leyver, 1602: Preston Guild Rolls.
(English) 1 belonging to Lever (Great and Little), Lancs; late 12th and 13th cent.
spellings Lefre, Levre, Lever(e, Levir, Levyr, prob. representing Old English læfer (dat. pl.
læfr-um) = the Rushes; although the Dialectal English lever(s more especially denotes the waterflag or yellow iris.
William de Magna Levre.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1246.
William de Lever.— do. do.
Elys de Levir.—Cal. Inq. PM., A.D. 1282.
Elias de Levere.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1331.
Note also the Levers-Water, N.Lancs; and Leverspool Water, Fife.
2 Lever may occasionally represent the not very common Anglo-Saxon pers. name Léof- here [Old English léof, dear, beloved + here, army]
“Hare” in Old French. From “Leverer” - “Hunter of the Hare”.
Apparently a personal name. Hence the genitive Levers, the patronymical Leverson, and the local Leverton. But it is also local, there being three places called Lever in Lancashire.
Petrus Lievre, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Also from an English locality.
From the Dutch, Liever; a personal name.
A location name in Lancashire.
User-submitted Reference
The name Levert means 'son of the ruler' in Gaelic. It also means 'the green' in French.
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Lever Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lever Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lever (Arabic: ليفر, Russian: Левер) occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Levér. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lever? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lever is the 35,108th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 483,772 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Lever reside; 33 percent reside in Northern Europe and 32 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 248,913th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 1,038 people.
This last name is most frequent in England, where it is held by 4,479 people, or 1 in 12,440. In England Lever is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 23 percent reside, Greater London, where 13 percent reside and Lancashire, where 5 percent reside. Excluding England it exists in 84 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.
Lever Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lever has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Lever last name expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 481 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 741 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 581 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 25 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Lever Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Armenian Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Lever last name are 2.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.77% registered with the political party.
The amount Lever earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 218.13% more than the national average, earning 1,100,980 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 265.21% more than the national average, earning R 867,888 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.95% less than the national average, earning $21,352,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning $45,109 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.68% more than the national average, earning $52,006 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lever Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lever in the Russian language | ||
| Левер | lever | - |
| Lever in the Arabic language | ||
| ليفر | lyfr | - |
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