How common is the surname Lever?

2,135 people in the United States had the surname Lever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,611 Americans. It ranked 14,084th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lever?

Fat Lever, American basketball player (born 1960), followed by Hayley Lever.

Where is the surname Lever most common?

Wikidata records people named Lever in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Lever getting more or less common?

More common. 2,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,135 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Lever

A surname, carried by 2,135 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lever is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,135 people named Lever in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,611 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,058.

#14,084

rank among US surnames

2,135

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,540)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,076	Ellefson	2,137	144,476
#14,082	Pai	2,136	144,544
#14,084	Youngberg	2,135	144,611
#14,090	Cumbie	2,134	144,679
#14,093	Cull	2,133	144,747

Who is named Lever

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

82% of people named Lever identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Levers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fat Lever
American basketball player (born 1960)
Hayley Lever
American Painter (1876-1958)
Mavis Batey
British cryptoanalyst, diplomat and garden historian (1921-2013)

Notable Levers come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lever

Lever has the Soundex code L160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L160.

Questions

How common is the surname Lever?: 2,135 people in the United States had the surname Lever in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,611 Americans. It ranked 14,084th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lever?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Lever identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lever?: Fat Lever, American basketball player (born 1960), followed by Hayley Lever.
Where is the surname Lever most common?: Wikidata records people named Lever in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Lever getting more or less common?: More common. 2,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,135 in 2010, up 3.7%.