Lovday Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Lovday Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Lovday Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States581:865,83952,959

Lovday (24) may also be a first name.

Lovday Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lovday occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lovday? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lovday is the 5,587,209th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Lovday live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lovday is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 24 people.

The surname Lovday is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Lovday is most numerous in: Rivers, where 75 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 13 percent are found and Delta, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found.

Lovday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lovday has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lovda9155/
Lovdy910/
Lowday83100/
Loubday771/
Lopdaye771/
Lavdayi771/
Lavdaya771/
Lavda73517/
Lobda7333/
Lowda7315/
Lopda7310/
Lowdy732/
Lavdas67665/
Lawday67366/
Lyavda6731/
Lapday6712/
Llavda677/
Lovder671/
Lowdea671/
Lowdey670/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lovday
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