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    The surname Leverton

    An English place surname, carried by 795 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L163

    Leverton: #29,626 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Leverton #29,626, 795 people Leverton: #29,626 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Leverton #29,626, 795 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leverton is more common than 81.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two main origins: * The hamlet in Berkshire is named with the Old English personal name Lēofwaru, which is composed of the elements lēof (“dear, beloved”) and waru (“care, guard, protection”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Lincolnshire is named with Old English lǣfer (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Leverton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 795 people named Leverton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 388,359 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 745.

    #29,626
    rank among US surnames
    795
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #29,784)

    Who is named Leverton

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

    95% of people named Leverton identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    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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    Variant spellings

    • Leaverton

    Surnames that sound like Leverton

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

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Leverton come from?
    Two main origins: * The hamlet in Berkshire is named with the Old English personal name Lēofwaru, which is composed of the elements lēof (“dear, beloved”) and waru (“care, guard, protection”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Lincolnshire is named with Old English lǣfer…
    How common is the surname Leverton?
    795 people in the United States had the surname Leverton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 388,359 Americans. It ranked 29,626th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leverton?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leverton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Leverton?
    Leverton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Leverton getting more or less common?
    More common. 745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 795 in 2010, up 6.7%.
    What are other spellings of Leverton?
    Leaverton.