Lansdown Surname

185,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Lansdown Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lansdowne,' a level tract of country in the neighbourhood of Bath. A battle was fought here in 1643 between Charles I and the Parliamentary forces.

Jacob de Launtesdonne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Lansdown Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8261:438,81237,732
England5511:101,12210,652
Australia5471:49,3526,153
New Zealand981:46,2077,572
South Africa821:660,70448,422
Canada751:491,27542,011
Wales741:41,8184,057
Scotland181:297,43413,849
France21:33,211,361423,184
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5291:46,0785,717
Wales271:58,0892,880
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1551:323,99225,248

Lansdown Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lansdowne,' a level tract of country in the neighbourhood of Bath. A battle was fought here in 1643 between Charles I and the Parliamentary forces.

Jacob de Launtesdonne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1753. Married — John Lansdown and Betty Phillot: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1795. — John Lansdown and Catherine Shury: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Lansdown(e (Soms.), 14th cent. Launtes- doune [the second element is Middle English doune, Old English dún, a hill (Lansdown Hill ‘com­mands a view of 40 miles’): the first is apparently a pers. name in the genitive case, perh. a contraction of a Teutonic Land- name; but the pers. name Lant (for Land) occurs in Domesday Book]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Lansdown Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lansdown Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lansdown is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lansdown? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lansdown is the 185,485th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 3,189,298 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Lansdown reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Lansdown is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 826 people, or 1 in 438,812. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Missouri, where 28 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States Lansdown is found in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 24 percent are found.

Lansdown Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lansdown has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 533 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 104 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 274 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lansdown Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lansdown surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.87% registered with the party.

The amount Lansdown earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.7% more than the national average, earning R 320,088 per year; in United States they earn 9.64% less than the national average, earning $38,988 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.26% more than the national average, earning $73,660 CAD per year.

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