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    The surname Lewin

    A Hebrew surname, carried by 5,088 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L500

    Lewin: #6,653 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lewin #6,653, 5,088 people Lewin: #6,653 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lewin #6,653, 5,088 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lewin is more common than 95.9% of them.

    Origin

    Hebrew origin

    A variant of Levi.

    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 5,088 people named Lewin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,681 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,659.

    #6,653
    rank among US surnames
    5,088
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #6,684)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,647Turcotte5,09260,633
    #6,649Hixon5,09160,645
    #6,651Massaro5,08960,669
    #6,653Lewin5,08860,681

    Who is named Lewin

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

    78% of people named Lewin identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lewin

    Lewin has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Other Hebrew surnames

    All 51 Hebrew surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lewin come from?
    A variant of Levi.
    How common is the surname Lewin?
    5,088 people in the United States had the surname Lewin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,681 Americans. It ranked 6,653rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lewin?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Lewin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lewin getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,659 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,088 in 2010, up 9.2%.