# Lefkowitz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lefkowitz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,138 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,274 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,389 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (2,639 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Levkowitz, Lewkowicz |

## Etymology

From German Lefkowitz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lefkowitz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lefkowitz in the United States.

## People named Lefkowitz

- Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist
- Mary Lefkowitz, American classical philologist (1935-)
- Zalman King, American director, writer, producer, actor (1941-2012)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.