Leví Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Leví Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leví Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

The alternate forms: Levi (49,003) & Lévi (68) are calculated separately.

Leví (46) may also be a first name.

Leví Last Name Facts

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

Leví is more frequently found in Iceland than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Levi or Lévi. Click here to see other potential spellings of Leví.

How Common Is The Last Name Leví? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Leví live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in Scandinavia. Leví is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 46 people.

Leví is most widely held in Iceland, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 42,232. In Iceland it is most common in: Capital Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Iceland this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 14 percent live and Chile, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Levi9249,003/
Lévi8368/
Levy75224,725/
Leve753,038/
Levá75851/
Levý75767/
Levä75134/
Levé7547/
Leiva67245,541/
Leyva67215,217/
Lever6715,064/
Levis6711,922/
Levey675,895/
Leavy675,643/
Levet673,910/
Levit673,413/
Levie672,036/
Levay671,871/
Levai671,609/
Levio671,594/
Levee671,123/
Levoy67919/
Levyy67877/
Leevi67684/
Leave67539/
Lleve67506/
Levyt67406/
Leive67253/
Leves67251/
Lieve67228/
Lievi67131/
Levyi67127/
Leevy67117/
Levea67102/
Levez6782/
Leeve6769/
Leyvi6769/
Levoi6769/
Leeva6767/
Levoa6765/
Levys6764/
Leivi6760/
Levid6756/
Levaj6752/
Leviy6751/
Levei6749/
Levij6749/
Leivy6745/
Leviz6742/
Llevi6735/
Leavi6732/
Lehvä6728/
Levhi6715/
Leava6713/
Levaa6711/
Leveh6710/
Levhe6710/
Levée6710/
Leved677/
Levih677/
Levéy675/
Leyve675/
Levii674/
Leuve674/
Leveš673/
Lehvi673/
Levha673/
Levui673/
Hleve672/
Llevy672/
Levyo672/
Levyz672/
Lesvy672/
Levuy672/
Hlevy671/
Levyh671/
Leíva671/
Levgi671/
Leveu671/
Levér671/
Lesvi670/
Levhy670/

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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 Leví
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