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    The surname Livingstone

    A surname, carried by 2,539 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L152

    Livingstone: #12,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Livingstone #12,250, 2,539 people Livingstone: #12,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Livingstone #12,250, 2,539 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Livingstone is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A Scottish surname from Old English, variant of Livingston.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,539 people named Livingstone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,601 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,427.

    #12,250
    rank among US surnames
    2,539
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,823)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,242Satterlee2,541121,506
    #12,247Bondurant2,540121,553
    #12,250Koeller2,539121,601
    #12,255Cabe2,538121,649

    Who is named Livingstone

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

    78% of people named Livingstone identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Livingstones

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nicole Livingstone
      Australian swimmer, born 1971
    • Mary Livingstone
      American actress (1905-1983)
    • Ron Livingstone
      American basketball player (1925-1991)
    • Samantha Arsenault
      American swimmer, born 1981

    Notable Livingstones come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Livingstone

    Livingstone has the Soundex code L152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L152.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Livingstone?
    2,539 people in the United States had the surname Livingstone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,601 Americans. It ranked 12,250th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Livingstone?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Livingstone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Livingstone?
    Nicole Livingstone, Australian swimmer, followed by Mary Livingstone.
    Where is the surname Livingstone most common?
    Wikidata records people named Livingstone in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Livingstone getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,539 in 2010, up 4.6%.