Lovelace Surname
Approximately 21,873 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameLovelace Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 18,746 | 1:19,335 | 2,425 |
Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
Canada | 498 | 1:73,987 | 8,368 |
England | 475 | 1:117,301 | 11,949 |
Jamaica | 389 | 1:7,378 | 879 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 308 | 1:4,428 | 725 |
Australia | 187 | 1:144,362 | 15,419 |
France | 174 | 1:381,740 | 56,584 |
New Zealand | 44 | 1:102,916 | 13,667 |
Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
Ireland | 20 | 1:235,447 | 9,345 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20 | 1:5,633 | 640 |
Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
Panama | 7 | 1:558,894 | 9,437 |
Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 366 | 1:66,599 | 7,588 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 2,428 | 1:20,683 | 2,620 |
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.
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.’
(English) Descendant of Lovelace (love token); nickname for an unfriendly person.
This name and Lawless are corrupted from Lovelace.
Lovelace Demographics
Average Male Lovelace Height
177.71 cm
Average Female Lovelace Height
163.12 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
---|---|---|---|
Loveleace | 94 | 2 | / |
Lovellace | 94 | 1 | / |
Lovelache | 94 | 1 | / |
Lovelice | 88 | 6 | / |
Lovelacy | 88 | 4 | / |
Loveloce | 88 | 1 | / |
Lovelach | 88 | 1 | / |
Lovelase | 88 | 1 | / |
Lovilace | 88 | 0 | / |
Lovesloce | 82 | 1 | / |
Lovelocke | 82 | 1 | / |
Lovelas | 80 | 185 | / |
Lovelocker | 78 | 0 | / |
Lovelass | 75 | 160 | / |
Loveloch | 75 | 6 | / |
Lovelais | 75 | 0 | / |
Lavelas | 67 | 75 | / |
Lovellhash | 67 | 3 | / |
Lovelos | 67 | 2 | / |
Lovilas | 67 | 1 | / |
Lobelas | 67 | 1 | / |
Lobiladze | 59 | 23 | / |
Lavelleis | 59 | 1 | / |
Labelaise | 59 | 0 | / |
Louvilouka | 56 | 13 | / |
Lobelos | 53 | 352 | / |
Louviloucka | 53 | 4 | / |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lovelace
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