Levitt

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈɫɛvɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Levitt is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Yorks; Suffolk and Cambs. see Levett .

rarermore common
  • CACanada≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 42K
  • USUnited States1 in 62K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈20,000 people, est.

Sources
375 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Yorks; Suffolk and Cambs. see Levett .

Sources 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Levitt counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Levitt is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈20,000 est.≈1 in 69K—Levitt6
US United States5,4071 in 62K5.4KLevitt375
GB United Kingdom≈1,600 est.≈1 in 42K—Levitt135
CA Canada≈950 est.≈1 in 39K—Levitt125
ZA South Africa≈790 est.≈1 in 71K—Levitt33
AU Australia≈400 est.≈1 in 63K—Levitt88
IL Israel≈300 est.≈1 in 29K—Levitt33

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Levitt is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Colombia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Lévitt

  • Polish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Ukraine

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Левітт, LeWitt, Левитт

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Dorothy Levitt, b. 1882William Levitt, b. 1907Ruby R. Levitt, b. 1907Helen Levitt, b. 1913Gene Levitt, b. 1920Theodore Levitt, b. 1925Arthur Levitt, b. 1931Susan Stamberg, b. 1938Michael Levitt, b. 1947Steven Levitt, b. 1967
  • Dorothy Levittb. 1882GBBritish racing driver (1882–1922)
  • William Levittb. 1907USAmerican real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia
  • Ruby R. Levittb. 1907USset decorator (1907-1992)
  • Helen Levittb. 1913USAmerican photographer (1913-2009)
  • Gene Levittb. 1920USwriter
  • Theodore Levittb. 1925DEGerman-American economist and professor at Harvard Business School (1925–2006)
  • Arthur Levittb. 1931USAmerican businessman, journalist and 25th SEC chairman
  • Susan Stambergb. 1938USnot in their usual nameAmerican radio journalist (1938–2025)
  • Michael Levittb. 1947ZAbiophysicist and Professor of Structural biology
  • Steven Levittb. 1967USAmerican economist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Levitt,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Levitt
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020105.4K#6,311
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020005.1K#6,203
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204.7K#6,910
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Levitt mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Yorks; Suffolk and Cambs. see Levett . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Levitt?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɫɛvɪt/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Levitt have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named Levitt in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled levitt.
How common is the name Levitt?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,407 people named Levitt in 2010, about 1 in 62 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Levitt”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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