Leavitt
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Leavitt is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script.
- CACanada1 in 20K◐
- USUnited States1 in 22K
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 30K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 121,121 | 82% |
| GB United Kingdom | 6,339 | 4% |
| CA Canada | 3,405 | 2% |
| AU Australia | 2,066 | 1% |
| NZ New Zealand | 701 | 1% |
≈133,632 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English139K94%
- Spanish2.7K2%
- German6321%
- Portuguese5671%
- Italian5661%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 139,026 | 94% |
| Spanish | 2,731 | 2% |
| German | 632 | 1% |
| Portuguese | 567 | 1% |
| Italian | 566 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Mary Greenleaf Clement Leavittb. 1830USAmerican missionary, activist
- Henrietta Swan Leavittb. 1868USAmerican astronomer and human calculator (1868–1921)
- Man Mountain Deanb. 1891USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler (1891-1953)
- Sam Leavittb. 1904USAmerican cinematographer (1904-1984)
- Norman Leavittb. 1913USAmerican actor (1913-2005)
- Ron Leavittb. 1947USAmerican screenwriter (1947-2008)
- Michael Leavittb. 1951USAmerican politician
- David Leavittb. 1961USAmerican novelist, short story writer, essayist, professor (born 1961)
- Charles Leavittb. 1970USAmerican screenwriter
- Karoline Leavittb. 1997USAmerican writer and political aide (born 1997)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 13 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 13K | #2,743 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 13K | #2,734 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 12K | #2,702 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 5 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #228,052 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #138,110 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 11 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Leavitt?
- Our records include 133,632 bearers of Leavitt across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Leavitt have the most bearers?
- Leavitt is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Leavitt”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.