The Levinson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,147 people carried this name — #6,579 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is down 5% from 5,415 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Levinson surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Levin + -son.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Levinson» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Leofwin’.

An early record he cites: Robert Lefwyne, Oxfordshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Lewin, Levin, Levine, Levene and Levinson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 480 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 72 people named Levinson 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 28
City of Buenos Aires 23
Chaco 21

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 29 people named Levinson.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Paris 22
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2
Seine-Maritime 1

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

In the Nordic population registers

52 people named Levinson is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 52

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Levinson in American newspapers,
1893.

Newspaper page from St. Landry Clarion carrying the name Levinson
St. Landry Clarion 1893-04-08
Newspaper page from The Yakima Herald carrying the name Levinson
The Yakima Herald 1893-05-04
Newspaper page from St. Landry Clarion carrying the name Levinson
St. Landry Clarion 1893-04-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,308 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Levinson in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

6,205 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Levinson. The most, 1,138, date from the 1890s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 5.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,857
Western Australia 2,595
New South Wales 356
South Australia 234
Queensland 94
Tasmania 50
ACT (Canberra) 10
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Levinson.

Who carried it

People named Levinson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Anna Levinsohn
    Anna Levinsohn 1839–1899 · actor
  • Amelia Levinson Gates
    Amelia Levinson Gates 1866–1947 · pediatrician
  • Abraham Levinson
    Abraham Levinson 1886–1955 · physician
  • Carl A. Levinson d. 2008 · physicist
  • Joshua Lewinsohn 1843–1911 · writer
  • Dr. Arthur Levinson 1864–1942

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Levinson,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,097 records

2,097 records of the Levinson name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,234
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 349
  • Other U.S. records 514
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ben Levinson

    Born 1906 in Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; writer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jay Barry Levinson

    Born 1949; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Isaac Levinson

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Deutschland from Hamburg, aged 26; merchant. From Capetown, Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 2,097 records for Levinson in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands332 records

332 records of the Levinson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 190
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 142
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maurits Levinson

    Married in 1899 in Coevorden; company official. Died 1934 in Amersfoort, aged 65.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Catharina Levinson

    Married in 1904 in Amsterdam. Died 1942 in Nieuwer-Amstel, aged 72.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Meijer Levinson

    Born 1838 in 's-Hertogenbosch. Died 1838 in Tilburg.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 332 records for Levinson in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia121 records

121 records of the Levinson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 111
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Hyman Levinson

    Gentleman of St Kilda, Victoria; died 1905.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sidney Levinson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1908 aboard the Mooltan, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Malcolm Levinson

    Born 1913, died 2001; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 121 records for Levinson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France14 records

14 records of the Levinson name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Pierre Louis Victor Levinson

    Born 1915 in Paris; died 1998 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Simonne Louise Levinson

    Born 1909 in Paris; died 1976 in Viry-Châtillon (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maurice Levinson

    Born 1929 in Paris; died 1991 in Vinneuf (Yonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Levinson in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Levinson name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ethel Levinson

    Buried in 1989 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Albert Levinson

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record A. Levinson

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Levinson in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Levinson name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Max Levinson

    From Altona. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 28 October 1915 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 75).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Meinhard Levinson

    From Hamburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 29 April 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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