How common is the surname Leavitt?

13,133 people in the United States had the surname Leavitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,509 Americans. It ranked 2,743rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leavitt?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leavitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Leavitt?

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and human calculator (1868–1921), followed by Karoline Leavitt.

Where is the surname Leavitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Leavitt in the United States.

How do you pronounce Leavitt?

Leavitt is /ˈlɛ.vɪt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Leavitt getting more or less common?

More common. 12,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,133 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Leavitt

A surname, carried by 13,133 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɛ.vɪt/ 2 syllables Soundex L130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leavitt is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,133 people named Leavitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,509 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,223.

#2,743

rank among US surnames

13,133

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,702)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,734	Burleson	13,176	23,432
#2,735	Chiu	13,174	23,436
#2,736	Witherspoon	13,171	23,441
#2,737	Barfield	13,165	23,452
#2,738	Fabian	13,161	23,459
#2,739	Bouchard	13,154	23,472
#2,740	Chun	13,141	23,495

Who is named Leavitt

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Leavitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leavitts

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henrietta Swan Leavitt
American astronomer and human calculator (1868–1921)
Karoline Leavitt
American writer and political aide (born 1997)
Mike Leavitt
American politician, born 1951
Sam Leavitt
American cinematographer (1904-1984)
David Leavitt
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, professor (born 1961)
Robert Leavitt
American hurdler (1883–1954)
Ron Leavitt
American screenwriter (1947-2008)
Charles Leavitt
American screenwriter, born 1970
Harold Leavitt
American psychologist, 1922–2007
Emma Leavitt-Morgan
American tennis player, 1865–1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Levett

Surnames that sound like Leavitt

Leavitt has the Soundex code L130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L130.

Questions

How common is the surname Leavitt?: 13,133 people in the United States had the surname Leavitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,509 Americans. It ranked 2,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leavitt?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leavitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Leavitt?: Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and human calculator (1868–1921), followed by Karoline Leavitt.
Where is the surname Leavitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Leavitt in the United States.
How do you pronounce Leavitt?: Leavitt is /ˈlɛ.vɪt/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Leavitt getting more or less common?: More common. 12,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,133 in 2010, up 7.4%.
What are other spellings of Leavitt?: Levett.