How common is the surname Lovitt?

1,405 people in the United States had the surname Lovitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,748 Americans. It ranked 19,282nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lovitt getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,405 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Lovitt

A surname, carried by 1,405 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). Lovitt is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Lovett.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,405 people named Lovitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,748 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,609.

#19,282

rank among US surnames

1,405

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-12.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,456)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,275	Hanus	1,406	219,591
#19,282	Lovitt	1,405	219,748
#19,291	Vasko	1,404	219,904

Who is named Lovitt

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

86% of people named Lovitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 10.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lovitt

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

Questions

Where does the surname Lovitt come from?: Variant of Lovett.
How common is the surname Lovitt?: 1,405 people in the United States had the surname Lovitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,748 Americans. It ranked 19,282nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lovitt?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lovitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lovitt getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,405 in 2010, down 13%.