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    The surname Leverett

    A surname, carried by 4,527 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L163

    Leverett: #7,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leverett #7,359, 4,527 people Leverett: #7,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leverett #7,359, 4,527 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leverett is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,527 people named Leverett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,201 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,262.

    #7,359
    rank among US surnames
    4,527
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #7,219)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,353Zorn4,53168,141
    #7,356Wacker4,53068,156
    #7,357Mercurio4,52868,186
    #7,359Leverett4,52768,201
    #7,361Croteau4,52568,231

    Who is named Leverett

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

    59% of people named Leverett identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leverett

    Leverett has the Soundex code L163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L163.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leverett?
    4,527 people in the United States had the surname Leverett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,201 Americans. It ranked 7,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leverett?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Leverett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Leverett getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,527 in 2010, up 6.2%.