Lore surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lore surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,248 people carried this name — #9,932 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,184 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 330 people named Lore.

53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 53
Ille-et-Vilaine 51
Paris 36
Maine-et-Loire 21
Indre-et-Loire 21
Bouches-du-Rhône 16
Yvelines 11
Côtes-d’Armor 11
Manche 9

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 84 people named Lore live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 65
City of Buenos Aires 19

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

32 people named Lore is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 32

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Lore in American newspapers,
1885–1930.

Newspaper page from Weekly Commercial Herald carrying the name Lore
Weekly Commercial Herald 1885-10-30
Newspaper page from Arkansas Echo carrying the name Lore
Arkansas Echo 1929-12-25
Newspaper page from Arkansas Echo carrying the name Lore
Arkansas Echo 1930-01-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,237,630 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lore,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles B. Lore
    Charles B. Lore 1831–1911 · judge
  • Ludwig Lore
    Ludwig Lore 1875–1942 · politician
  • Nicholas Lore
    Nicholas Lore 1944– · author
  • Anna Lore
    Anna Lore 1993– · actor
  • Jonathan Lore 1784–1853
  • Clare de Lore 1960– · journalist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Lore.

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