Lévai Surname

53,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Lévai Surname User-submission:

Originally a Jewish surname, member of the Israelite Tribe of Levi, "Hungarianised" around the time of WWII, to avoid persecution.

Lévai Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary9,2561:1,061112
Slovakia1131:47,2259,049
Czechia751:141,78022,190
Romania441:456,31535,605
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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The alternate forms: Levai (1,609) & Levaï (8) are calculated separately.

Lévai Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Originally a Jewish surname, member of the Israelite Tribe of Levi, "Hungarianised" around the time of WWII, to avoid persecution.

- a.walls
DNA test information

Lévai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lévai is found most in Hungary. It may be rendered as a variant: Levai or Levaï. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lévai? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 53,661st most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 766,223 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lévai live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Hungary, where it is borne by 9,256 people, or 1 in 1,061. In Hungary it is most common in: Hajdú-Bihar County, where 27 percent are found, Bács-Kiskun County, where 11 percent are found and Pest County, where 10 percent are found. Besides Hungary it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 1 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Levai931,609/
Lévi8968/
Léva8915/
Levaï878/
Livai801,019/
Lévay80637/
Lévis8036/
Lyvai804/
Lévaz801/
Lévaj801/
Lévaiová77159/
Leavai73318/
Litvai73258/
Levais73100/
Livaić7381/
Livaie7356/
Levaia7344/
Livaji7324/
Leuvai7320/
Leivai7313/
Livaio7311/
Livayi7310/
Levaji737/
Livais735/
Levaai732/
Leyvai731/
Leevai731/
Levaić731/
Levait730/
Levi6749,003/
Leva6715,656/
Liva676,008/
Livi675,958/
Levaggi67908/
Lévy67769/
Lyva67300/
Livaich6773/
Líva6744/
Leuvaai676/
Leuvaji673/
Léve672/
Lívi672/
Ljvi671/
Léba671/
Leuvaij671/
Leavaih670/
Layvaji670/
Levaitt670/
Leivais670/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lévai
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