Leavitt is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leavitt
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Is the variant form of Levett. 1. French le Vite, "the quick, speedy, or swift." 2. From one of the places in Normandy called Livet. The Itin. de la Normandie mentions no less than eight of these.

Lastname Leavitt is form of Leverett. Not the younghare—but the female greyhound— French lévrette; probably applied to a swift-footed person. In like manner Leveridge, if not local, may be the French lérriche, which is a diminutive of lérrette.

Variant of Levitt, i.e., one who came from Livet, in Normandy.

Surname is a variant of the Levitt. One who came from Livet meaning "wolf cub," in Normandy; descendant of little Levi meaning "united".

How popular is Leavitt?

Leavitt is common in United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia.

Leavitt is ranked 26458 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leavitt bearers increased by 7.44 per cent in 2010 US census to 13133 since 2000, the surname slipped by 41 spots and ranked at 2743. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.53 94.81
Hispanic or Latino 2.63 1.8
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.48 1.5
Others 1.46 1.14
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.48
Black 0.34 0.27
Leavitt is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 20352 people have been found who wears Leavitt as their family name. Leavitt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Leavitt:
2,515 United States18,162
Countries with thousands of Leavitt:
2,958 Canada1,716
Countries with hundreds of Leavitt:
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,317 England84
31,281 Australia71
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,824 Dominican Republic23
311,082 Brazil12
223,026 Germany12
50,646 Israel11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
447,191 Thailand9
55,922 Qatar6
23,171 Wales6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

David Leavitt was 45 years old when he migrated to USA on February 7, 1887. He lived in Germany where he worked as doctor of medicine and took Aller from Bremen. 27 years old David Leavitt, 2 years old Mary Leavitt, Mrs Leavitt, 50 years old Diedr. Leavitt, W.J. Leavitt, aged 60, J. Leavitt (26), 30 years old Joshna Leavitt, Farmer B.E. Leavitt, are others that migrated to US from London, Bremen, Hamburg, Havre and Bordeaux.

Leavitt Namesakes

  • Robert Leavitt, American athlete
  • Dudley Leavitt, early patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian
  • Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer
  • Mike Leavitt, American politician
  • David Leavitt, American novelist, short story writer
  • Raphy Leavitt, Puerto Rican composer and founder of the salsa orchestra "'La Selecta'"
  • Jim Leavitt, former American football player and current defensive coordinator at the University of Oregon
  • Mick Leavitt, producer of theatrical productions
  • Myron E. Leavitt, American politician
  • Scott Leavitt, U.S. Representative from Montana
  • Ron Leavitt, American television writer and producer

Leavitt Namesakes

  • Robert Leavitt, American athlete
  • Dudley Leavitt, early patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Judith Walzer Leavitt, American historian
  • Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer
  • Mike Leavitt, American politician
  • David Leavitt, American novelist, short story writer
  • Raphy Leavitt, Puerto Rican composer and founder of the salsa orchestra "'La Selecta'"
  • Jim Leavitt, former American football player and current defensive coordinator at the University of Oregon
  • Mick Leavitt, producer of theatrical productions
  • Myron E. Leavitt, American politician
  • Scott Leavitt, U.S. Representative from Montana
  • Ron Leavitt, American television writer and producer

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