Lévai , Levai , Levaï , Lévay or Levay is a Hungarian Jewish surname , originating from the Israelite surnames Levi and Levy . It may refer to : Although the last name Lévai , in the Hungarian language , means " from the town of Levice " , this name is almost completely exclusively a Jewish surname , which was created by the modification of the original Jewish name of Levi ( surname ) or Levy ( surname ) . All of the name 's bearers today are of Jewish Descent . During World War II , the time of The Holocaust , the name Lévai/Lévay was a name very much preferred by the Hungarian Jewish population to change their names to – in order to evade persecution
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