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

Lansdown is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lansdown? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 185,485th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,189,298 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Lansdown are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Lansdown is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 826 people, or 1 in 438,812. In The United States it is mostly found in: Missouri, where 28 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Oklahoma, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 24 percent reside.

Lansdown Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lansdown has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lansdown surname expanded 533 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 104 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 274 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lansdown Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lansdown surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.87% being registered with the political 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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