Lévy Surname
Approximately 769 people bear this surname
Lévy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 392 | 1:169,446 | 26,353 |
| Switzerland | 245 | 1:33,522 | 4,929 |
| Hungary | 36 | 1:272,674 | 21,202 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Levy (224,725), Lèvy (5) & Levý (767) are calculated separately.
Lévy (24) may also be a first name.
Lévy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lévy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lévy occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Levy, Lèvy or Levý. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lévy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lévy is the 444,080th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,476,653 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Lévy reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Lévy is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 24 people.
It is most common in France, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 169,446. In France it is most common in: Île-de-France, where 59 percent live, Occitanie, where 9 percent live and Grand Est, where 8 percent live. Excluding France Lévy is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 32 percent live and Hungary, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levy | 92 | 224,725 | / |
| Lèvy | 92 | 5 | / |
| Lévay | 89 | 637 | / |
| Levý | 83 | 767 | / |
| Livy | 75 | 207 | / |
| Lévi | 75 | 68 | / |
| Léva | 75 | 15 | / |
| Léwy | 75 | 6 | / |
| Léve | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lévai | 67 | 9,511 | / |
| Levey | 67 | 5,895 | / |
| Leavy | 67 | 5,643 | / |
| Levay | 67 | 1,871 | / |
| Levoy | 67 | 919 | / |
| Levyy | 67 | 877 | / |
| Levyt | 67 | 406 | / |
| Lyvyi | 67 | 271 | / |
| Levyi | 67 | 127 | / |
| Livey | 67 | 126 | / |
| Leevy | 67 | 117 | / |
| Livay | 67 | 77 | / |
| Levys | 67 | 64 | / |
| Leviy | 67 | 51 | / |
| Leivy | 67 | 45 | / |
| Lévayová | 67 | 45 | / |
| Lévis | 67 | 36 | / |
| Livoy | 67 | 26 | / |
| Liviy | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lyvoy | 67 | 11 | / |
| Livyy | 67 | 9 | / |
| Levéy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Llevy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Levyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Levyz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lesvy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Levuy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Levyh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luivy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Livuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loivy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layvy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlevy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laivy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lévez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lévaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Levhy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lyvey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lévy
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