Lovejoy is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lovejoy
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lovejoy

How popular is Lovejoy?

Lovejoy is common in England.

Lovejoy is ranked 39711 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lovejoy bearers increased by 3.226205 per cent in 2010 US census to 8351 since 2000, the surname slipped by 217 spots and ranked at 4249. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.88 84.2
Black 10.5 9.94
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.73 2.26
Others 2.34 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 1.99 1.45
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.35
Lovejoy is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 12326 people have been found who wears Lovejoy as their family name. Lovejoy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
50,640 Switzerland2
17,692 Armenia2
24,766 Scotland2
14,521 Portugal2
6,103 Cyprus2
131,225 Spain2
124,220 Italy2
19,046 Ireland2
91,784 Netherlands2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
118,441 Germany2
810,193 Indonesia1
7,941 Guatemala1
11,486 Estonia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
58,885 Poland1
25,721 Egypt1
174,544 Czech Republic1
4,249 Cambodia1
30,360 Thailand1
169,904 Brazil1
47,891 Norway1
29,046 Japan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
56,169 Mexico1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,895 South Korea1
16,073 Latvia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
13,447 Uganda1
17,575 Kuwait1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
14,373 Jordan1
50,549 Georgia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
257,310 Russia31
21,901 Chile27
46,826 Zimbabwe22
15,050 Singapore18
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,783 Jamaica71
Countries with hundreds of Lovejoy:
7,672 Australia373
34,535 Philippines322
30,064 South Africa183
128,692 India145
24,984 Canada139
6,297 New Zealand118
Countries with thousands of Lovejoy:
4,136 United States9,698
6,562 England1,065
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old farmer Stephen Lovejoy and 12 years old farmer Mary Lovejoy who were residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 13, 1850 by Enterprise put out from Liverpool.

Lovejoy Namesakes

    Terry Lovejoy, Australian information technologist, widely known as an amateur astronomer who discovered five comets
  • Deirdre Lovejoy, Actress
  • Asa Lovejoy, Politician
  • Beatrix Lovejoy, Musical Artist
  • Terry Lovejoy, Astronomer
  • Deirdre Lovejoy, Actress
  • Deirdre Lovejoy, Actress
  • Deirdre Lovejoy, Actress
  • Owen Lovejoy, Former U.S. Congressman
  • Frank Lovejoy, Actor
  • Jamie Jeane Lovejoy, Tim Lovejoy's daughter

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