Levén Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Levén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 350 | 1:28,134 | 2,293 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Leven (5,780), Levèn (1) & Léven (1) are calculated separately.
Levén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Levén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Levén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Leven, Levèn or Léven. Click here to see other possible spellings of Levén.
How Common Is The Last Name Levén? popularity and diffusion
The last name Levén is the 783,439th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Levén reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Levén is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 28,134. In Sweden Levén is most common in: Stockholm County, where 31 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 18 percent are found and Uppsala County, where 11 percent are found. Beside Sweden this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Levén
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