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    The surname Livesey

    An English place surname, carried by 660 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L120

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Livesey is more common than 78.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From an unrecorded Old English cognate of Old Norse hlíf (“cover, protection”) + īeġ (“island”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 660 people named Livesey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 467,796 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 633.

    #34,353
    rank among US surnames
    660
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #33,933)

    Who is named Livesey

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

    95% of people named Livesey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Liveseys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roger Livesey
      British actor (1906–1976)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Livesey

    Livesey has the Soundex code L120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L120.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Livesey come from?
    From an unrecorded Old English cognate of Old Norse hlíf (“cover, protection”) + īeġ (“island”).
    How common is the surname Livesey?
    660 people in the United States had the surname Livesey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 467,796 Americans. It ranked 34,353rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Livesey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Livesey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Livesey?
    Roger Livesey, British actor (1906–1976).
    Where is the surname Livesey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Livesey in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Livesey?
    Livesey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Livesey getting more or less common?
    More common. 633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 660 in 2010, up 4.3%.
    What are other spellings of Livesey?
    Livesay and Livezey.