How common is the surname Levens?

1,065 people in the United States had the surname Levens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. It ranked 23,750th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Levens getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,065 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Levens

A surname, carried by 1,065 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Levens is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,065 people named Levens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,224.

#23,750

rank among US surnames

1,065

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-13%

change since 2000 (was #20,234)

Who is named Levens

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

88% of people named Levens identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Levens

Levens has the Soundex code L152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L152.

Questions

How common is the surname Levens?: 1,065 people in the United States had the surname Levens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. It ranked 23,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Levens?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Levens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Levens getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,065 in 2010, down 13%.