Explore the Family Name Levay

The meaning of Levay

Hungarian (Lévay): habitational name for someone from aplace called Léva in former Bars County. Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Vilmos, Katalin, Laszlo, Tibor, Zoltan.

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How common is the last name Levay in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Levay experienced a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Levay was ranked as the 35,387th most popular surname and this rank dropped to 39,281 in 2010, indicating an 11% decrease. The count of individuals with the Levay surname also showed a similar trend, decreasing by nearly 7% from 602 in 2000 to 560 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion of people named Levay per 100,000 decreased by 13.64%, from 0.22 to 0.19.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,387	#39,281	-11%
Count	602	560	-6.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.19	-13.64%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Levay

The ethnic identity associated with the Levay surname showed some fluctuation between 2000 and 2010, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. The proportion of those identifying as White decreased slightly from 91.03% to 89.82%. Meanwhile, there was a considerable increase in individuals identifying with two or more races, jumping from 1.16% to 2.5%, representing a change of 115.52%. The percentage of Hispanics also increased from 3.82% to 5.54%, a change of 45.03%. Conversely, the proportion of Blacks reduced significantly by 46.35% from 2.33% to 1.25%. The percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained the same, with no individuals identified under these categories in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.03%	89.82%	-1.33%
Hispanic	3.82%	5.54%	45.03%
Two or More Races	1.16%	2.5%	115.52%
Black	2.33%	1.25%	-46.35%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%