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The LOVELOCK surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 220 80216 0 1
United States (1880 census) 98 31977 0 2
Change since 1880 +122 -48239 +N/A -1
Other Countries
Australia 474 3370 0.003 29
United Kingdom 1,836 3174 0.004 40
Top States for LOVELOCK by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 62 25008 0.000 3
Florida 44 30001 0.000 3
California 16 103163 0.000 0
Michigan 12 72669 0.000 1
Georgia 11 32935 0.000 1
Top States for LOVELOCK by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Nevada 11 17914 0.001 6
New York 62 25008 0.000 3
Florida 44 30001 0.000 3
Massachusetts 9 60962 0.000 1
Georgia 11 32935 0.000 1

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LOVELOCK live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LOVELOCK represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LOVELOCK in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LOVELOCK by picking someone at random in Nevada than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LOVELOCK

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LOVELOCK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LOVELOCK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LOVELOCK in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 168 76.36
Black/African American 35 15.91
White (Hispanic) 10 4.55
Mixed Race 6 2.73
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LOVELOCK surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LOVELOCK in historical publications

LOVELOCK. Lovelocks were " pendent locks of hair, falling near or over the ears, and cut iir a variety of fashions. This ridiculous appendage to the person is often alluded to bj' the writers previous to the Restoration." Halliw. I do not know whether any trace of this fashion is found in the middle ages, though it seems probable that the surname was first bestowed upon some fop who indulged in it. The H.R. mention one Walterus le Loveloker. Was he a cultivator of "love-locks?" I think he is moi'e likely to have followed the sterner occupation of a holier after lores, or wolves. See Love.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to LOVELOCK

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LOVELOCK.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LOVELOCK

The following words are slight variants of LOVELOCK that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.