Levinson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Levinson family

The surname Levinson was first found in Westmorland where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century where they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Levinson family

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Levinson Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Levins, Levinz, Leving, Levings, Living, Livins, Levinge and many more.

Early Notables of the Levinson family

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Levinson Ranking

In the United States, the name Levinson is the 6,352^nd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Levinson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Levinson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Barnet Levinson, aged 20, who landed in America, in 1892
Miss Johanna Levinson, aged 20, German settler who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "Westernland" 2

Levinson Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Ada Levinson, aged 8, who immigrated to the United States from Leeds, in 1900
Aron Levinson, aged 27, who immigrated to the United States from London, in 1900
Benjamin Levinson, aged 18, who landed in America from Sunderland, in 1904
Berl Levinson, aged 21, who immigrated to the United States from London, in 1904
A.B. Levinson, aged 39, who settled in America, in 1904
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Contemporary Notables of the name Levinson (post 1700) +

Robert Alan Levinson (1948-2020), American former Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who disappeared mysteriously on March 9, 2007 in Kish Island, Iran
Steven H. Levinson (b. 1946), Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court
Richard Levinson (1934-1987), American writer and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Norman Levinson (1912-1975), American mathematician who proposed the Levinson recursion in 1947
Nathan Levinson (1888-1952), American Academy Award winning sound engineer
Gerald Levinson (b. 1951), American composer of contemporary classical music
Daniel J. Levinson (1920-1994), American psychologist, one of the founders in the field of Positive Adult Development
Barry Levinson (1942-1984), four-time Emmy Award winning, American Oscar winning, four-time Oscar nominated screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television, perhaps best known for The Natural (1984); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); and Rain Man (1988)
Arthur D. Levinson (b. 1950), American businessman, current chairman of Apple Inc

Historic Events for the Levinson family +

RMS Lusitania

Mr. Joseph Levinson Jr., Canadian 1st Class Passenger from Canada, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and survived the sinking by escaping in life boat 14 3

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Germans to America retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from Glazier, Ira. A., and Filby, P. William. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Vol. 62, Scholarly Resources Inc, 2021
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/