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    The surname Lovings

    A surname, carried by 1,081 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L152

    Lovings: #23,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lovings #23,500, 1,081 people Lovings: #23,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lovings #23,500, 1,081 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lovings is more common than 85.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,081 people named Lovings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,611 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 939.

    #23,500
    rank among US surnames
    1,081
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.1%
    change since 2000 (was #24,873)

    Who is named Lovings

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

    54% of people named Lovings identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 54%
    • White (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lovings

    Lovings 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 Lovings?
    1,081 people in the United States had the surname Lovings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,611 Americans. It ranked 23,500th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lovings?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Lovings identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lovings getting more or less common?
    More common. 939 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,081 in 2010, up 15%.