The surname Lovely
A surname, carried by 4,104 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L140
Origin
From lovely.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,104 people named Lovely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,230 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,917.
#8,076
rank among US surnames
4,104
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+4.8%
change since 2000 (was #7,839)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #8,070 | Haider | 4,107 | 75,175 |
| #8,072 | McCarley | 4,106 | 75,194 |
| #8,073 | Kinley | 4,105 | 75,212 |
| #8,076 | Lovely | 4,104 | 75,230 |
| #8,080 | Carraway | 4,103 | 75,249 |
| #8,082 | Villavicencio | 4,102 | 75,267 |
Who is named Lovely
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
75% of people named Lovely identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 75%
- Black (not Hispanic) 19%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Lovely has the Soundex code L140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L140.
Questions
- Where does the surname Lovely come from?
- From lovely.
- How common is the surname Lovely?
- 4,104 people in the United States had the surname Lovely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,230 Americans. It ranked 8,076th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lovely?
- In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Lovely identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Lovely getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,104 in 2010, up 4.8%.