The Frequency of Occurrence of the Lovelock name and of the
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As at the date of this page the Web Site at https://britishsurnames.uk suggested that there were approximately 2767 people in the UK rejoicing in the name of Lovelock. They do not reveal how they arrived at this estimate.
This apparently makes Lovelock the 3233rd name in order of frequency of occurrence in Britain, and equates to 42 Lovelocks per million of the British population.
For our major variant of Loveluck the same website suggested there were only 136 people in the UK with the name. This makes it one of Britain's least common surnames, equating to around 2 Lovelucks per million of the British population.
Another Web Site, https://Forebears.io, declares that Lovelock is the 93,610th most common surname in the world, with approximately 5095 people bearing it. They are somewhat at odds with the above, as they claim that there are 2808 Lovelocks in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. They also claim that there are no less than 1197 in Australia, and 343 in the United States. Helpfully they also claim that there are 260 in Canada and 254 in New Zealand. They go on to list 28 other countries that have Lovelock residents, although 10 of those have a single example, and 25 have less than 10.
This second Web Site is more helpful when it comes to the Loveluck variant. They report 196 examples in total with, not surprisingly, 130 of them in England and Wales. There are 27 in Chile, 20 in the United States, and 8 other countries with less than 10 including 5 with a single instance.
One other interesting feature of the Forebears Web Site is that it recognises the use of Lovelock and Loveluck as forenames, and claims 28 examples of the former and 179 examples of the latter exist, with no less than 171 of the latter apparently occurring in Tanzania.