Lever surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lever surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,058 people carried this name — #13,540 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 161 people named Lever.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Finistère 88
Seine-Maritime 17
Maine-et-Loire 15
Haute-Garonne 9
Paris 8
Manche 6
Aveyron 3
Orne 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Lever in American newspapers,
1910–1916.

Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Lever
The Ogden Standard 1916-11-01
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Lever
The Ogden Standard 1916-11-06
Newspaper page from The Manitowoc Pilot carrying the name Lever
The Manitowoc Pilot 1912-10-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 729,379 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lever,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ashton Lever
    Ashton Lever 1729–1788 · ornithologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lever is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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