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    The surname Loving

    A surname, carried by 7,135 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈlʌvɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex L152

    Loving: #4,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loving #4,933, 7,135 people Loving: #4,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loving #4,933, 7,135 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loving is more common than 97% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,135 people named Loving in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,272 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,987.

    #4,933
    rank among US surnames
    7,135
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,642)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,927Peltier7,14043,242
    #4,930McDougal7,13943,248
    #4,932Hung7,13743,260
    #4,933Loving7,13543,272

    Who is named Loving

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

    63% of people named Loving identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loving

    Loving has the Soundex code L152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L152.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Loving?
    7,135 people in the United States had the surname Loving in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,272 Americans. It ranked 4,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loving?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Loving identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Loving?
    Loving is /ˈlʌvɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Loving getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,135 in 2010, up 2.1%.