How common is the surname Lebowitz?

1,938 people in the United States had the surname Lebowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. It ranked 15,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lebowitz?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lebowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lebowitz?

Fran Lebowitz, American author and public speaker (b. 1950), followed by Joel Lebowitz.

Where is the surname Lebowitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Lebowitz in the United States.

Is the surname Lebowitz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,938 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Lebowitz

A surname, carried by 1,938 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L132

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lebowitz is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,938 people named Lebowitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,888.

#15,201

rank among US surnames

1,938

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,488)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,194	Herzberg	1,939	159,229
#15,201	Munk	1,938	159,311
#15,210	Schnur	1,937	159,394

Who is named Lebowitz

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

97% of people named Lebowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lebowitzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fran Lebowitz
American author and public speaker (b. 1950)
Joel Lebowitz
American mathematical physicist, born 1930

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lebowitz

Leibowitz

Lebowitz has the Soundex code L132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L132.

Questions

How common is the surname Lebowitz?: 1,938 people in the United States had the surname Lebowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. It ranked 15,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lebowitz?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lebowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lebowitz?: Fran Lebowitz, American author and public speaker (b. 1950), followed by Joel Lebowitz.
Where is the surname Lebowitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Lebowitz in the United States.
Is the surname Lebowitz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,938 in 2010, up 2.6%.