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    The surname Loveday

    A surname, carried by 2,616 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L130

    Loveday: #11,952 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loveday #11,952, 2,616 people Loveday: #11,952 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loveday #11,952, 2,616 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loveday is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,616 people named Loveday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,022 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,571.

    #11,952
    rank among US surnames
    2,616
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,283)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,946Polly2,617117,977
    #11,952Botkin2,616118,022
    #11,954McMullan2,615118,067
    #11,957Schillinger2,614118,112
    #11,960Abernethy2,613118,157

    Who is named Loveday

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

    94% of people named Loveday identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loveday

    Loveday has the Soundex code L130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L130.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Loveday?
    2,616 people in the United States had the surname Loveday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,022 Americans. It ranked 11,952nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loveday?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Loveday identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Loveday getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,616 in 2010, up 1.8%.