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 carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Leven, Levèn or Léven. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Levén? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 783,439th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. The last name Levén is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Levén live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
Levén is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is held by 350 people, or 1 in 28,134. In Sweden it is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 31 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 18 percent live and Uppsala County, where 11 percent live. Barring Sweden this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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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