How common is the surname Levine?

33,637 people in the United States had the surname Levine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,179 Americans. It ranked 1,032nd of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Levine?

Levine is /ləˈviːn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Levine getting more or less common?

Less common. 34,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,637 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Levine

A Hebrew surname, carried by 33,637 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ləˈviːn/ 2 syllables Soundex L150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Levine is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Hebrew origin

Borrowed from French Levine, from Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levin.

One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,637 people named Levine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,179 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,472.

#1,032

rank among US surnames

33,637

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #926)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,023	McKnight	34,055	9,066
#1,024	Gamble	34,005	9,079
#1,025	Downs	33,922	9,102
#1,026	Pierre	33,913	9,104
#1,027	Haney	33,898	9,108
#1,028	Forbes	33,813	9,131
#1,029	Saenz	33,787	9,138

Who is named Levine

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

91% of people named Levine identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Levine

Levine has the Soundex code L150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L150.

Other Hebrew surnames

All 51 Hebrew surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Levine come from?: Borrowed from French Levine, from Russian Левин (Levin), from Леви (Levi) + -ин (-in, “forming possessives & adjectives”), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (“Levi”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levin.
How common is the surname Levine?: 33,637 people in the United States had the surname Levine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,179 Americans. It ranked 1,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Levine?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Levine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Levine?: Levine is /ləˈviːn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Levine getting more or less common?: Less common. 34,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,637 in 2010, down 2.4%.