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    The surname Lore

    A surname, carried by 3,248 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L600

    Lore: #9,932 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lore #9,932, 3,248 people Lore: #9,932 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lore #9,932, 3,248 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lore is more common than 93.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,248 people named Lore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,184.

    #9,932
    rank among US surnames
    3,248
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,384)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,923Guay3,25594,853
    #9,924Lagos3,25494,882
    #9,925Krone3,25394,911
    #9,927Wightman3,25294,940
    #9,928Srivastava3,25194,969
    #9,929Eiland3,25094,999
    #9,931Tso3,24995,028

    Who is named Lore

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

    86% of people named Lore identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lores

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anna Lore
      American actress, born 1993

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lore

    Lore has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lore?
    3,248 people in the United States had the surname Lore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. It ranked 9,932nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lore?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lore?
    Anna Lore, American actress.
    Is the surname Lore getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,248 in 2010, up 2.0%.