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    The surname Levay

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 560 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L100

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Levay is more common than 75.8% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    Borrowed from Hungarian Lévay, a Jewish surname originating from the personal name Levi.

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 560 people named Levay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 551,331 Americans. That is down 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 602.

    #39,281
    rank among US surnames
    560
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7%
    change since 2000 (was #35,387)

    Who is named Levay

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

    90% of people named Levay identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Levays

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Simon LeVay
      British-American neuroscientist (born 1943)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Levay

    Levay has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Levay come from?
    Borrowed from Hungarian Lévay, a Jewish surname originating from the personal name Levi.
    How common is the surname Levay?
    560 people in the United States had the surname Levay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 551,331 Americans. It ranked 39,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Levay?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Levay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Levay?
    Simon LeVay, British-American neuroscientist (born 1943).
    Where is the surname Levay most common?
    Wikidata records people named Levay in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Levay getting more or less common?
    Less common. 602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 560 in 2010, down 7.0%.