The Leva surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 956 people carried this name — #25,771 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 12% from 851 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 361 people named Leva live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 158 people named Leva.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
66 people named Leva live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
190 people named Leva is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Leva,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pavel Leva 1846–1924 · Catholic priest
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Domenico Leva 1887– · lawyer
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Carlo Leva 1930–2020 · costume designer
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Émile Leva 1931– · middle-distance runner
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James Leva 1953– · teacher
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Scott Leva 1958– · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leva.
- Letzelter 158 · U.S. census
- Leu 2,459 · U.S. census
- Leuci 229 · U.S. census
- Leuck 700 · U.S. census
- Leuenberger 726 · U.S. census
- Leurquin 184 · U.S. census
- Levan 4,564 · U.S. census
- Levant 361 · U.S. census
- Levas 134 · U.S. census
- Levasseur 4,404 · U.S. census
- Leve 300 · U.S. census
- Levee 439 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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