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

The Levy surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 35,464 people carried this name — #892 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 7,255 people named Levy.

2,397 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 2,397
Paris 1,562
Bas-Rhin 618
Moselle 291
Hauts-de-Seine 285
Haut-Rhin 230
Bouches-du-Rhône 174
Rhône 128
Meurthe-et-Moselle 120

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

707 people named Levy live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 157
Geneva 145
Zurich 130
Graubünden 53
Bern 48
Basel-Stadt 23
Fribourg 22
Aargau 16

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 191 people named Levy 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 Brussels-Capital.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 119
Antwerp 48
Flemish Brabant 12
Walloon Brabant 6
East Flanders 6

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

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