How common is the surname Loveless?

9,533 people in the United States had the surname Loveless in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,387 Americans. It ranked 3,718th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Loveless?

Lily Loveless, British actress, followed by Patty Loveless.

Where is the surname Loveless most common?

Wikidata records people named Loveless in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Loveless getting more or less common?

More common. 9,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,533 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Loveless

A surname, carried by 9,533 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L142

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loveless is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Variant of Lovelace.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,533 people named Loveless in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,387 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,382.

#3,718

rank among US surnames

9,533

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,484)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,709	Amaral	9,567	32,272
#3,710	Shull	9,565	32,279
#3,711	Koehn	9,559	32,299
#3,712	Truitt	9,557	32,306
#3,713	Echeverria	9,552	32,323
#3,715	McCune	9,549	32,333
#3,716	Cable	9,545	32,346

Who is named Loveless

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

86% of people named Loveless identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lovelesss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lily Loveless
British actress, born 1990
Patty Loveless
American country music singer, born 1957
Herschel C. Loveless
American politician (1911-1989)

Notable Lovelesss come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loveless

Lovelace

Loveless has the Soundex code L142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L142.

Questions

Where does the surname Loveless come from?: Variant of Lovelace.
How common is the surname Loveless?: 9,533 people in the United States had the surname Loveless in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,387 Americans. It ranked 3,718th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loveless?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Loveless identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Loveless?: Lily Loveless, British actress, followed by Patty Loveless.
Where is the surname Loveless most common?: Wikidata records people named Loveless in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Loveless getting more or less common?: More common. 9,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,533 in 2010, up 1.6%.