The lev Surname

lev Name Meaning and History

from Slavic lev ‘lion’, which was used as an equivalent of the Yiddish personal name leyb (see Leib 1).
shortened form of Levy.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The lev name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lev family name as far back in history as possible.

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Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of lev Families in the US in 1920

Number of lev families

9-16

4-8

1-3

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Thread	Author	Replies
Lev's from Cedar Falls, IA	Pa_boda	3
Looking for Noah Lev/Levin	SueMcC55	0
Lev Family of Cleveland Ohio (Bohemian)	SKlatka	0
Levs from Israel	Daniel Lev	0
Linda (Lev) Cohen obituary	puppup	0
LOV_Sunny_Ma_1951-1990.JPG	t42Moore	0
lev	DMorsch	0
Henry,Christian, Benjamin, Violet, Minnie, Sofie Lev	Kris Lev-Chisholm	0
Henry Simon Ley-Cinti., OH	Betty Bauscher	0

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