Levke Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Levke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Levke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia271:75,92811,170
Ukraine141:3,251,621182,804
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Levke (368) may also be a first name.

Levke Last Name Facts

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

Levke (Russian: Левке) is found most in Latvia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Levke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Levke is the 2,944,094th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Levke is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Levke live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in Baltic Europe. Levke is also the 453,251st most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 368 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 75,928. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 93 percent are found and Latgale, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Latvia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 32 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Levûke912/
Levkes911/
Levcke911/
Lievke911/
Levk897/
Levkesh834/
Levcket830/
Lewke801,052/
Levka80141/
Lefke8086/
Levky808/
Lyvke807/
Livke806/
Leivk801/
Lebke801/
Liefke73730/
Leufke73104/
Leffke7361/
Lefker7359/
Hlevka7342/
Levque7327/
Liewke7327/
Lefkes7326/
Leifke7325/
Lewcke7324/
Levgue7314/
Levkoi7312/
Levkoy738/
Levkha735/
Lefkeh731/
Levcka731/
Llefke731/
Lebkey731/
Levcey730/
Leebke730/
Lebkei730/
Levkova672,420/
Leifker67244/
Levková67136/
Livk67112/
Levc6774/
Leifkes6767/
Levchei6723/
Lewk6717/
Levkich6710/
Levkysh679/
Levchey674/
Hlevkyi671/
Levq671/
Levques671/
Leschvk671/
Lesvque671/
Lebk671/
Lefk671/
Leabcke670/

Levke Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Levke in the Russian language
Левкеlevke-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Levke
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