Levitan Surname

115,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,977 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Levitan Surname Definition:

(Hebrew) The large or heavy man; dweller at the sign of the leviathan.

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Levitan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0021:181,04818,088
Russia7271:198,24421,863
Israel4751:18,0162,680
South Africa1791:302,66929,078
Canada1401:263,18324,832
England721:773,86242,299
Australia631:428,50333,982
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
Belarus401:237,52628,656
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Uruguay261:131,99112,009
France191:3,495,933219,029
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Kazakhstan91:1,964,72289,832
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Azerbaijan71:1,378,44618,562
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
China21:683,660,78330,601
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

The alternate forms: Levitán (1) are calculated separately.

Levitan (18) may also be a first name.

Levitan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Hebrew) The large or heavy man; dweller at the sign of the leviathan.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

A Jewish surname which means 'a Levite'.

- noam

Levitan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Levitan (Russian: Левитан) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Levitán. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Levitan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 115,988th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,832,423 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Levitan live; 50 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. Levitan is also the 2,608,198th most common first name worldwide, held by 18 people.

Levitan is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,002 people, or 1 in 181,048. In The United States Levitan is most numerous in: New York, where 21 percent reside, California, where 15 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 45 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 18 percent reside and Israel, where 12 percent reside.

Levitan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Levitan last name is principally Orthodox (79%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Levitan surname are 41.57% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.8% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Levitan earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 41.1% more than the national average, earning R 335,304 per year; in United States they earn 39.68% more than the national average, earning $60,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 72.94% more than the national average, earning $85,923 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Levitan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Levitan in the Russian language
Левитанlevitan-

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