Leviton Surname

401,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 875 people bear this surname

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

Leviton Surname Definition:

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

Leviton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6881:526,83043,910
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
England481:1,160,79354,689
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Leviton (64) may also be a first name.

Leviton 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

Leviton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leviton (Russian: Левитон) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leviton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 401,442nd most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,328,624 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Leviton live; 82 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America. Leviton is also the 1,223,525th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 64 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 688 people, or 1 in 526,830. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 15 percent are found, New York, where 12 percent are found and Illinois, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Leviton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Leviton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Leviton last name grew 9,829 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leviton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Leviton are 8.37% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.6% registered with the political party.

The amount Leviton earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 65.78% more than the national average, earning R 393,948 per year; in United States they earn 24.85% more than the national average, earning $53,872 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.04% more than the national average, earning $74,544 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Leviton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leviton in the Russian language
Левитонleviton-

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