Find out how popular the last name Liverance is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Liverance.

Liverance, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Liverance surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Liverance in America

Liverance is the 118853rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Liverance surname appeared 146 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Liverance.

We can also compare 2010 data for Liverance to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Liverance

The surname LIVERANCE is an English name with origins dating back to the late medieval period. It is believed to have derived from the Old English word 'lifran', meaning 'to deliver' or 'to set free'. The name was likely given as a descriptive surname to someone who was a midwife or assisted in childbirth.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name LIVERANCE can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire from the year 1203, where a person named Ranulf Liverance is mentioned. This suggests that the name was already in use by the early 13th century.

In the 14th century, the LIVERANCE name appears in various records from the county of Wiltshire, particularly in the village of Liverance, which is now known as Loveredge. It is possible that the surname may have originated from this place name, which itself is derived from the Old English words 'leofre' meaning 'beloved' and 'hrycg' meaning 'ridge'.

During the 16th century, a notable figure with the surname LIVERANCE was John Liverance, a Protestant martyr who was burned at the stake in Bristol in 1556 for his religious beliefs. His story is documented in John Foxe's famous work, "Actes and Monuments", also known as the "Book of Martyrs".

In the 17th century, one of the earliest known bearers of the LIVERANCE name in the American colonies was William Liverance, who settled in Virginia around 1635. He is recorded as having been granted land in Accomack County.

Another prominent individual with the LIVERANCE surname was Sir Thomas Liverance, an English politician and baronet who lived from 1647 to 1711. He served as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Shaftesbury and was also a Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire.

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, the LIVERANCE name appeared in various parishes across England, particularly in the counties of Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire. Notable individuals from this period include James Liverance (1754-1832), a wealthy merchant and landowner from Bristol, and Mary Ann Liverance (1806-1876), a renowned author and poet from Bath.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Liverance

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Liverance.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Liverance was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Liverance has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Liverance was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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