# Levitt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/levitt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,407 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,311 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,101 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (5,079 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Levitt in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Levitt in the United States.

## People named Levitt

- Michael Levitt, biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology
- Helen Levitt, American photographer (1913-2009)
- Steven D. Levitt, American economist
- William Levitt, American real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia
- Arthur Levitt, American businessman, journalist and 25th SEC chairman
- Nina West, American drag queen
- Susan Stamberg, American radio journalist (1938–2025)

## Similar surnames

Lovett, Leavitt, Lovitt, Lovato, Lobato, Lafayette, Luft, Loveday, Lovette, Labadie, Labat, Lafata.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.