# Livingstone (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/livingstone/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname from Old English, variant of Livingston.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,539 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,250 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 121,601 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (2,427 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Livingstone in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

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

## People named Livingstone

- Nicole Livingstone, Australian swimmer
- Mary Livingstone, American actress (1905-1983)
- Ron Livingstone, American basketball player (1925-1991)
- Samantha Arsenault, American swimmer

## Similar surnames

Livingston, Levingston, Loving, Levinson, Livengood, Lipinski, Lippincott, Levenson, Lovins, Levins, Lapinski, Luevanos.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.