Lively Surname

33,406th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Lively Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Mr. Lower says, 'From natural disposition.' This may be so. More probably we must look for a local origin with the common suffix -ley, as in Morley or Ripley.

1543. Buried — Robarte Lyvely: St.

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Lively Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,4161:25,1433,164
Canada8681:42,4495,272
England2801:198,99317,417
Australia971:278,30624,956
Northern Ireland591:31,2723,207
Trinidad and Tobago451:30,3113,123
China231:59,448,7643,236
Iran211:3,656,311102,225
Wales101:309,45316,869
India91:85,229,487684,495
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
France31:22,140,907385,998
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland561:79,1055,579
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1461:166,95514,226
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9001:26,4313,248

Lively (128) may also be a first name.

Lively Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Mr. Lower says, 'From natural disposition.' This may be so. More probably we must look for a local origin with the common suffix -ley, as in Morley or Ripley.

1543. Buried — Robarte Lyvely: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1540. Married — Robarte Kynge and Alys Lyveley: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From natural disposition.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lively Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lively Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lively (Arabic: ايفلي) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lively? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 33,406th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 458,221 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Lively are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lively is also the 821,896th most widely held first name globally It is held by 128 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 14,416 people, or 1 in 25,143. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 16 percent reside, Georgia, where 8 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States Lively is found in 52 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Lively Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lively has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lively surname rose 759 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 192 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lively Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Lively last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Lively last name are 17.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.49% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lively earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.05% less than the national average, earning $40,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.1% less than the national average, earning $46,156 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liveley92163/
Livesly9212/
Livelly922/
Lievely921/
Leively920/
Livesley86752/
D'Lively861/
Lieveley861/
Liveslay861/
Livelley860/
Levely83240/
Liveli8366/
Livela8313/
Livele8311/
Livily830/
Leivesley80140/
Lievealey800/
Livelli77444/
Livella7775/
Levelly773/
Livelez772/
Livelet771/
Liviele771/
Leivele771/
Livelis771/
Llivela771/
Livelie771/
Livelle770/
Leveley770/
Liveles770/
Leveloy770/
Levesley71506/
Leavesly713/
Leaveley711/
Leivelle711/
Levelley711/
Leveilly711/
Livellia711/
Liveille711/
Litvelli711/
Livisley710/
Liwele671,789/
Libele67870/
Leavesley67829/
Liweli67372/
Liwela67323/
Libeli67153/
Livila67106/
Levelä6789/
Leveli6738/
Levela6721/
Leveilley6716/
Levele676/
Livili672/
Libily671/
L'Livelli671/
Livile671/
Loisvelle671/
Loiveless671/
Lleuvelly671/
Lébely671/
Levily670/
Lewely670/

Lively Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lively in the Arabic language
ايفليayfly-

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Lively Reference & Research

Lively DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Lively FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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