Last Name LIVING

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Liven, probbaly like Lewin, a variant of Leofwin, the intermediate form being Liffin. An Anglos-Saxon personal name. There was a Living, archbishop of Canterbury, and another Living, bishop of Worcester. The 's' is excrescent.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 69,854 (2000 US census) 81,940 (1990 US census)
Count 262 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 17.18%, or 45 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 79.01%, or 207 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.67%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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