Is Leevey a Scottish or Jewish last name?

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Is Leevey a Scottish or Jewish last name?

My grandmother's last name is Leevey, and I'm trying to figure out if she was Scottish or Jewish.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It could be either, actually. It may stem from the Scottish/Irish Dunleavy or Leavy, or the Hebrew Levi/levy. In any case, they would all be corruptions. Try running a geneological check trace to verify which. Scotland is the home, and has been for many centuries, to many Jews who were persecuted in other parts of Britain, but I would not count on Jewish ancestry without exhausting the more probable Celtic/Anglic variations on the name.