The Lovato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,293 people carried this name — #4,289 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,600 people counted. That is up 12% from 7,437 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lovato surname
Borrowed from Italian Lovato, from Medieval Latin Lupātus, from the Latin cognomen Lupus + -ātus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lovato» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,654 people named Lovato 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 250 people named Lovato.
96 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
75 people named Lovato live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Lovato in American newspapers,
1906–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,587 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lovato,
with a public archive behind them.
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Demi Lovato 1992– · actor -
Rick Lovato 1992– · American football player -
Giovanni Lovato 1914–1990
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Jean Lovato 1922–2002 · politician
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Franz Lovato 1923–2018 · field hockey player
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Mary Coriz Lovato 1936–2024 · jewelry designer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 20 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lovato.
When the index is not enough
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