How common is the surname Livermore?

3,149 people in the United States had the surname Livermore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,046 Americans. It ranked 10,234th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Livermore?

Jesse Lauriston Livermore, American stock trader (1877–1940), followed by Mary Livermore.

Where is the surname Livermore most common?

Wikidata records people named Livermore in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Livermore?

Livermore is /ˈlɪvɚmoɹ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Livermore getting more or less common?

More common. 3,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,149 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Livermore

A place surname, carried by 3,149 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɪvɚmoɹ/ 3 syllables Soundex L165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Livermore is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

The surname is probably habitational, from Livermere. The city is named after Robert Livermore.

Livermore is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,149 people named Livermore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,046 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,053.

#10,234

rank among US surnames

3,149

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,774)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,228	Trammel	3,152	97,952
#10,232	Lukens	3,151	97,983
#10,233	Edington	3,150	98,014
#10,234	Livermore	3,149	98,046
#10,237	Gruver	3,148	98,077
#10,243	Tillett	3,147	98,108

Who is named Livermore

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Livermore identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Livermores

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jesse Lauriston Livermore
American stock trader (1877–1940)
Mary Livermore
American journalist, 1820–1905
Brent Livermore
Australian field hockey player, born 1976
Samuel Livermore
American politician (1732-1803)
Larry Livermore
American musician, born 1947
Brandi Love
American pornographic actress (born 1973)

Notable Livermores come mostly from the United States (5) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Livermore

Liverman

Livermore has the Soundex code L165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L165.

Questions

Where does the surname Livermore come from?: The surname is probably habitational, from Livermere. The city is named after Robert Livermore.
How common is the surname Livermore?: 3,149 people in the United States had the surname Livermore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,046 Americans. It ranked 10,234th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Livermore?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Livermore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Livermore?: Jesse Lauriston Livermore, American stock trader (1877–1940), followed by Mary Livermore.
Where is the surname Livermore most common?: Wikidata records people named Livermore in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Livermore?: Livermore is /ˈlɪvɚmoɹ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Livermore?: Livermore is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Livermore getting more or less common?: More common. 3,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,149 in 2010, up 3.1%.