How common is the surname Levitt?

5,407 people in the United States had the surname Levitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,101 Americans. It ranked 6,311th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Levitt?

Michael Levitt, biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology, followed by Helen Levitt.

Where is the surname Levitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Levitt in the United States.

Is the surname Levitt getting more or less common?

More common. 5,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,407 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Levitt

A surname, carried by 5,407 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Levitt is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,407 people named Levitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,101 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,079.

#6,311

rank among US surnames

5,407

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,203)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,302	Weiser	5,421	56,954
#6,303	Galdamez	5,419	56,975
#6,304	Spiller	5,418	56,985
#6,305	Beason	5,414	57,027
#6,306	Legrand	5,413	57,038
#6,307	Stillman	5,411	57,059
#6,310	Weatherspoon	5,409	57,080

Who is named Levitt

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

92% of people named Levitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Levitts

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Levitt
Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology, born 1947
Helen Levitt
American photographer (1913-2009)
Steven D. Levitt
American economist, born 1967
William Levitt
American real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia, 1907–1994
Arthur Levitt
American businessman, journalist and 25th SEC chairman, born 1931
Nina West
American drag queen, born 1977
Susan Stamberg
American radio journalist (1938–2025)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Levitt

Levitt has the Soundex code L130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L130.

Questions

How common is the surname Levitt?: 5,407 people in the United States had the surname Levitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,101 Americans. It ranked 6,311th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Levitt?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Levitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Levitt?: Michael Levitt, biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology, followed by Helen Levitt.
Where is the surname Levitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Levitt in the United States.
Is the surname Levitt getting more or less common?: More common. 5,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,407 in 2010, up 6.5%.