# Lovato (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,293 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,289 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,230 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (7,437 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Lovato, from Medieval Latin Lupātus, from the Latin cognomen Lupus + -ātus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lovato 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) | 19% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 75% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lovato in the United States.

## People named Lovato

- Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1992)

## Similar surnames

Lovett, Loveday, Lovette, Lovitt, Lobato, Lopata, Leavitt, Levitt, Lafayette, Luft, Labadie, Labat.

## 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.