Levin Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Before any talk of crests, here are the plain facts about Levin. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “descendant of little Levi (united)”.

• It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.
• The name also appears as Levine.
• In the Spanish register, Levin appears 148 times as a first surname and 57 times as a second one. The 2010 US Census counted 19,144 people named Levin, ranking it number 1,876 among American surnames.

Family crest and blazon

If a Levin family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Want more than a summary? See the Levin family name pack.