How common is the surname Lovvorn?

1,238 people in the United States had the surname Lovvorn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lovvorn getting more or less common?

More common. 1,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Lovvorn

A surname, carried by 1,238 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lovvorn is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

Perhaps a variant of Lawhorn.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,238 people named Lovvorn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,200.

#21,204

rank among US surnames

1,238

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,543)

Who is named Lovvorn

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

96% of people named Lovvorn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lovvorn

Lovern

Lovvorn has the Soundex code L165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L165.

Questions

Where does the surname Lovvorn come from?: Perhaps a variant of Lawhorn.
How common is the surname Lovvorn?: 1,238 people in the United States had the surname Lovvorn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lovvorn?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lovvorn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Lovvorn getting more or less common?: More common. 1,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, up 3.2%.