How common is the surname Lovett?

19,471 people in the United States had the surname Lovett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,857 Americans. It ranked 1,842nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lovett?

Lyle Lovett, American musician, followed by William Lovett.

Where is the surname Lovett most common?

Wikidata records people named Lovett in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Lovett getting more or less common?

More common. 18,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,471 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Lovett

A Norman nickname surname, carried by 19,471 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lovett is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A nickname from Anglo-Norman louet (“wolf-cub”), a diminutive of lou (“wolf”); this nickname may have also been used as a personal name.

Lovett is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,471 people named Lovett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,857 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,421.

#1,842

rank among US surnames

19,471

people in 2010

6.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,789)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,833	Prieto	19,520	15,817
#1,834	Gifford	19,514	15,822
#1,835	Oliva	19,513	15,823
#1,836	Layton	19,504	15,830
#1,837	Gaston	19,502	15,831
#1,838	Goodrich	19,487	15,844
#1,839	Prater	19,484	15,846

Who is named Lovett

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

64% of people named Lovett identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lovetts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lyle Lovett
American musician, born 1957
William Lovett
British activist (1800-1877)
Eddie Lovett
American hurdler, born 1992
Jon Lovett
American screenwriter, speechwriter, and television producer, born 1982

Notable Lovetts come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lovatt
Lovitt

Surnames that sound like Lovett

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

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lovett come from?: A nickname from Anglo-Norman louet (“wolf-cub”), a diminutive of lou (“wolf”); this nickname may have also been used as a personal name.
How common is the surname Lovett?: 19,471 people in the United States had the surname Lovett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,857 Americans. It ranked 1,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lovett?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Lovett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lovett?: Lyle Lovett, American musician, followed by William Lovett.
Where is the surname Lovett most common?: Wikidata records people named Lovett in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Lovett?: Lovett is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Lovett getting more or less common?: More common. 18,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,471 in 2010, up 5.7%.
What are other spellings of Lovett?: Lovatt and Lovitt.