Leverett Surname

76,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
British Virgin Islands

Leverett Surname Definition:

Nickname. 'the leveret,' a young hare; v. Hare.

William Leverit, Oxfordshire. 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Agnes Leverit, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1577-8. William Leverett and Juda Cole: Marriage Lic. (London).

1601. Baptised — Anthonie, son of Godfrey Leveritt: St.

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Leverett Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,1271:70,6968,200
England8751:63,6787,456
Australia3261:82,8099,597
Wales291:106,7088,358
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
China21:683,660,78330,601
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4521:53,9286,472
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6941:72,3617,764

Leverett (258) may also be a first name.

Leverett Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Nickname. 'the leveret,' a young hare; v. Hare.

William Leverit, Oxfordshire. 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Agnes Leverit, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1577-8. William Leverett and Juda Cole: Marriage Lic. (London).

1601. Baptised — Anthonie, son of Godfrey Leveritt: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1625. Married — Thomas Leuentt and Ann Nicholls: ibid.

1702. — Roger Leveret and Hanah Speak: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) nicknames from the Young Hare [Anglo-French leveret, Old French levret, a diminutive from levre (French lièvre), Latin lepus, leporis, a hare]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Not the young hare-but the female greyhound-French Ievrette; probably applied to a swift-footed person. In like manner Leveridge, if not local, may be the French levriche, which is a diminutive of levrette.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Levert; a personal name (?).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Leverett Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leverett is found most frequently in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Leverett click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leverett? popularity and diffusion

The last name Leverett is the 76,357th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,135,309 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Leverett are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 554,411th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 258 people.

The last name Leverett is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 5,127 people, or 1 in 70,696. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Georgia, where 19 percent reside, Texas, where 18 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States it occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Leverett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leverett has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leverett last name grew 739 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leverett Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Leverett are 16.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.95% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Leverett earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.64% less than the national average, earning $39,419 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.81% less than the national average, earning $43,815 CAD per year.

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