Editing Levite (section)

===Levite surnames===
Some Levites have adopted a related last name to signify their status. Because of diverse geographical locations, the names have several variations:<ref name=Lev.WP>{{cite web
|title=What's in a name?
|date=18 October 2014|url=https://inmuchness.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/whats-in-a-name|quote=Levi not only has variations like Lewita (Polish) and Loewe (German/Swiss), but also Segal and Zemmel. They sound nothing like the original name, and that’s because they’re acronyms in the Hebrew alphabet – a great way to hide your Jewish heritage while keeping true to the family identity. Segal stands for 'SeGan Leviyyah', which is roughly translated as 'deputy Levite', since Levites served as deputies to kohanim. Segal itself has variations too, like Chagall (French).}}</ref>
* ''Alouwi'' – Arabic variant, of Sephardic origin
* ''Aguiló'' – surname to the Jews from Mallorca ([[Xueta|Xuetes]])
* ''Bazes'' – a Levite surname.
* ''[[Benveniste]]'' – a Sephardic Levite surname.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Don-Judah-de-la-Cavaller%25C3%25ADa-ha-Levi/6000000001500854394 |title=Don Judah de la Cavalleria Ha Levi (Benveniste "Cavalier") (c. 1227 – 1286)|date=2 February 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BENVENISTE |website=JewishEncyclopedia.com |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3011-benveniste |quote=Joseph ben Ephraim ha-Levi Benveniste}}</ref>
* ''[[Epstein]]'' – one of the European lineages descended from [[Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona|Zerahiah Ha-Levi]] of Sepharad
* ''HaLevi'', ''[[Halevi]]'' and ''Halevy'' – Hebrew, meaning 'the Levi' or 'the Levite'
* ''[[Horowitz]] HaLevi'', or simply ''Horowitz/Hurwitz/Gurvich/Gurevich'' – a European Levite surname, tracing to Isaiah Horowitz HaLevi, a descendant of [[Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona|Zerahiah Ha-Levi]] of Sepharad
* ''Lavi'' – a common Levite surname
* ''Leefsma'' – Frisian surname
* ''Leevi'' – Finnish variation
* ''Lev'' – simplified Russian variation of ''Levi''
* ''Levai'', ''Lévai'' and ''Lévay'' – a Levitic surname, originally meaning "a person from ''[[Levice]]''" but subsequently used by [[Jews]] who were forced to change their name during the [[Holocaust]]
* ''Leven'' – Swedish variation
* ''Levente'' – Hungarian variation
* ''[[Levi (surname)|Lévi, Levi]]'', ''[[Levy (surname)|Lévy or Levy]]'' – Hebrew for "Levite", equally common in Ashkenasic and Sephardic groups
* ''Levian/Livian/Benlevi/Liviem'' – Persian-Jewish variations
* ''Lević'', also ''Levinić'', ''[[Luciano Moše Prelević|Prelević]]'' – Croatian or Serbian variations
* ''[[Levin (surname)|Levin]]'' – [[Russia]]n variation, also ''[[Levine]]'', ''Lavin'' or ''Lavine'' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|ˈ|v|iː|n}}, rhyming with "ravine", or in some cases further anglicised to {{IPAc-en|l|ɪ|ˈ|v|aɪ|n}}, rhyming with "divine") and ''[[Lewin (name)|Lewin]]'' a Polish variation. Sometimes supplemented with German "thal" (valley) to ''Levinthal'' or ''Leventhal'' and -sohn and -son to ''Levinson'' or ''Levinsohn'' as a patronymic, and with Slavic -ski and -sky suffixes ''Levinski'', ''Levinsky'', ''Lewinski'' and ''Lewinsky'' (the "e" often replaced with "a" in German areas).
* ''Levit'', also ''Levitt'' – typically from the Bessarabia region of Romania, Moldova and southern Ukraine
* ''Levita'' – [[Elia Levita]], an ancestor of [[David Cameron]]
* ''Levits'' – the surname in Latvia (adding the ''s for men or a for women''), president of Latvia Egils Levits.
* ''Leviyev'' – the Russified surname (adding the ''yev/ev'') that many [[Bukharian Jews]] of Central Asia have. Sometimes spelled ''Leviev'' or even ''Levaev''.
* ''Lewi'' or ''Lewj'' (Polish, ''Levi'' and ''Levy'')
* ''Lewicki'' – Polish "of the Levites", also ''Lewicka'', ''Lewycka'', ''Lewycki'', ''Lewycky'', ''Lewicky'', ''Levicki'', ''Levicky'' (can also originate from placenames in Poland)
* ''Lewita'' – Polish ''Levite'' or ''Levita'' Latinized, with Slavic suffix -an/in ''Lewitan'', ''Levitan'', ''Levitin'', ''Lewitin'', ''Lewitinn'', and with additional suffix -ski/sky ''Levitanski'', ''Lewitanski'', ''Levitansky'', also ''Lewitas'', ''Levitas'',  Lithuanian, Belarusian, ''Leyva'' Spanish Sephardic, also but rare ''Lefite, Lafite, Lafitte'', of French Sephardic origin.<ref name=Lev.WP/>
* Variants from [[Yiddish]] ''Leyvik'', a pet form of Leyvi: ''Levitch'' Ukrainian variant,  also ''Levicz'', ''Levis'', ''Levitz'', ''Lewicz'', ''Lewitz'', ''Lewis'', and with -ski and -sky suffixes ''Leviczky'', ''Levitski'', ''Levitsky'', ''Lewitski'' and ''Lewitsky'' ("e" and "s" often replaced with "a" and "z" in German areas)
* ''Loewy'', ''Löwi'', ''Löwy'' and ''Loewe'' German or Swiss variations (although the usual origin for these names is Löwe, the [[German language|German]] word for "[[lion]]").<ref name=Lev.WP/>
*Moss (Hebrew for Moses) (Descendant of Moses God's most important prophet according to the torah) also ancient Gaelic for Devotee, which Moses was a Levite devoted to his mission to free the Hebrew.
* ''Segal'' – shortened "Segen Levi" (secondary Levite)
* ''Urfali'' or ''Levi Urfali'' (also ''Levi Abud'', ''Levi Aslan'', ''Levi Hamami'') – an [[Urfalim]] community surname, which was mostly Levite in origin
* ''Zemmel'' – shortened "Zecher mi-Shevet Levi" (descendant of the Levite tribe)

====Modern Levites====
The following are some Levites with non-Levite-like last names in modern times:
* [[Frank Gehry]]<ref>PBS Show ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'' broadcast February 2, 2016</ref>
* [[Chaim Herzog]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/State/Chaim+Herzog.htm |title=Chaim Herzog |quote=The son of the Chief Rabbi of Ireland, Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog}}</ref>
* [[Norman Lear]]<ref>PBS Show ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'' broadcast January 26, 2016</ref>