Levet
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OE Lēofgēat, 'beloved Geat', sometimes from OE 'beloved battle', or from OFr leuet 'wolf-cub'; first attested Leuiet, Leueget 1066
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ləvɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Levet is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 37K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 150K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 241K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 202 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- OELēofgēat(measured from records)
- OE'beloved(measured from records)
- OFrleuet(measured from records)
from OE Lēofgēat, 'beloved Geat', sometimes from OE 'beloved battle', or from OFr leuet 'wolf-cub'; first attested Leuiet, Leueget 1066
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Levet counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 190 | Levet | 202 |
| US United States | 189 | 1 in 1.8M | 200 | Levet | 62 |
| CH Switzerland | 56 | 1 in 150K | 56 | Levet | 9 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 2.4M | — | Levet | 15 |
| AR Argentina | 21 | 1 in 2.2M | 21 | — | — |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 241K | — | Levet | 4 |
| EE Estonia | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 351K | listed | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Levet is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, third-person singular present active subjunctive of lēvō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hungarian, to throw off, throw down, fling off/down
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, definite singular of leve
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, past participle of leve
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nicolas Levetb. 1798FRFrench politician (1798-1869)
- Aimé Levetb. 1806FRFrench politician (1806-1889)
- André Levetb. 1932FRformer gangster, converted to Christianity
- Jean-Pierre Levetb. 1945French hellenist
- Patrick Levetb. 1955FRFrench politician
- Xavier Levetb. 1964FRFrench politician
- Thomas Levetb. 1968FRprofessional golfer
- Sandrine Levetb. 1982FRFrench rock climber
- Pierre LevetFRFrench publisher
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 347 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 337 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 289 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 289 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 267 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 254 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 247 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 231 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 230 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 200 | #97,359 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 190 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 189 | #96,368 |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Levet mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE Lēofgēat, 'beloved Geat', sometimes from OE 'beloved battle', or from OFr leuet 'wolf-cub'; first attested Leuiet, Leueget 1066 Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Levet?
- A machine transcription gives /ləvɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Levet have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Levet in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled levet.
- How common is the name Levet?
- In the United States, the national register counted 189 people named Levet in 2010, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
What do you want to know about Levet?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/levetThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Levet”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.