How common is the surname Lefkowitz?

3,138 people in the United States had the surname Lefkowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. It ranked 10,274th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lefkowitz?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lefkowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lefkowitz?

Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, followed by Mary Lefkowitz.

Where is the surname Lefkowitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Lefkowitz in the United States.

Is the surname Lefkowitz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,138 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Lefkowitz

A surname, carried by 3,138 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L123

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lefkowitz is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

From German Lefkowitz.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,138 people named Lefkowitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,639.

#10,274

rank among US surnames

3,138

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+18.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,049)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,265	Milford	3,140	98,327
#10,268	Orman	3,139	98,358
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389
#10,278	Renz	3,137	98,421
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452

Who is named Lefkowitz

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

97% of people named Lefkowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lefkowitzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Lefkowitz
American physician and biochemist, born 1943
Mary Lefkowitz
American classical philologist (1935-)
Zalman King
American director, writer, producer, actor (1941-2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Levkowitz
Lewkowicz

Lefkowitz has the Soundex code L123, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L123.

Questions

Where does the surname Lefkowitz come from?: From German Lefkowitz.
How common is the surname Lefkowitz?: 3,138 people in the United States had the surname Lefkowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,389 Americans. It ranked 10,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lefkowitz?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lefkowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lefkowitz?: Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, followed by Mary Lefkowitz.
Where is the surname Lefkowitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Lefkowitz in the United States.
Is the surname Lefkowitz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,138 in 2010, up 19%.
What are other spellings of Lefkowitz?: Levkowitz and Lewkowicz.