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The Levis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,003 people carried this name — #14,806 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 2,022 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 336 people named Levis 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 135
San Juan 75
City of Buenos Aires 36
Mendoza 32
Córdoba 29
Santa Fe 29

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 298 people named Levis.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Pas-de-Calais 104
Paris 38
Rhône 19
Moselle 16
Nord 9
Isère 9
Charente-Maritime 8
Ardennes 8

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 30 people named Levis live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Walloon Brabant.

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

Where they live today

Walloon Brabant 18
Flemish Brabant 6
East Flanders 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Levis live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

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

Where they live today

Lucerne 8
Valais 7
Zurich 7
Solothurn 5

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.

Who carried it

People named Levis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Oscar Levis
    Oscar Levis 1899–1983 · baseball player
  • Samuel Levis 1649–1734
  • Jean-Louis Lévis 1752–1816 · Latin Catholic priest
  • Charlie Levis 1860–1926 · baseball player
  • Max Levis 1863–1930 · painter
  • Luise Levis 1865–1940

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

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