Lovelace Surname

24,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,873 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Lovelace Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the loveless'

Albricus Loveles, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Sarra Loveles, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

1587. Robert Lovelisse, Berkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Lovelace Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,7461:19,3352,425
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
Canada4981:73,9878,368
England4751:117,30111,949
Jamaica3891:7,378879
Trinidad and Tobago3081:4,428725
Australia1871:144,36215,419
France1741:381,74056,584
New Zealand441:102,91613,667
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Ireland201:235,4479,345
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines201:5,633640
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Haiti101:1,068,39111,823
India91:85,229,487684,495
Panama71:558,8949,437
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3661:66,5997,588
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4281:20,6832,620

Lovelace (3,414) may also be a first name.

Lovelace Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the loveless'

Albricus Loveles, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Sarra Loveles, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

1587. Robert Lovelisse, Berkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1734. Married — Thomas Grinaway and Sarah Loveless: St. George, Hanover Square.

1754. — Joseph Lovelace and Elizabeth Owen: ibid.

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

For Loveless, q.v.

The name Lovelace obtained a vogue as a synonym for a libertine from the chief male character in Richardson's ‘Clarissa Harlowe.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Lovelace (love token); nickname for an unfriendly person.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

This name and Lawless are corrupted from Lovelace.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Lovelace Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lovelace is found most in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lovelace? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lovelace is the 24,699th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 333,175 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Lovelace are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lovelace is also the 121,832nd most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 3,414 people.

The last name Lovelace is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 18,746 people, or 1 in 19,335. In The United States it is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 59 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Lovelace Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lovelace has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lovelace last name grew 772 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lovelace Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lovelace last name are 14.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.56% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lovelace earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.11% less than the national average, earning $40,946 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.48% less than the national average, earning $47,956 CAD per year.

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