Leverson Surname

355,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,023 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Leverson 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.

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Leverson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9761:371,37232,921
England141:3,979,861125,553
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1031:487,56034,505

Leverson (217) may also be a first name.

Leverson 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.

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

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.

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

Lever’s Son. v. Leven, esp.2

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Lewson; a location name in Herefordshire.

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

Leverson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leverson (Russian: Леверсон) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leverson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leverson is the 355,394th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,123,701 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Leverson live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 612,983rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 217 people.

Leverson is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 976 people, or 1 in 371,372. In The United States Leverson is mostly found in: Nevada, where 26 percent are found, Mississippi, where 10 percent are found and Minnesota, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Leverson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Leverson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leverson last name increased 948 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leverson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Leverson surname are 2.37% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.86% registered with the party.

Leverson earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.43% less than the national average, earning $39,944 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Leverson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leverson in the Russian language
Леверсонleverson-

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