Larnder Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Larnder Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the lavender,' a washerwoman or a washerman. 'Buandiere, launderer': Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 'Lauender, wassher, or lawndere, lotrix': Promptorium Parvulorum Mr. Way in a note quotes Caxton (Boke for Travellers), 'Beatrice the lauendre shall come he thir after diner, so gyve her the lynnen clothis.

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Larnder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England971:574,41334,909
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Wales51:618,90625,852
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:594,52130,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Larnder Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the lavender,' a washerwoman or a washerman. 'Buandiere, launderer': Hollyband's Dictionarie, 1593. 'Lauender, wassher, or lawndere, lotrix': Promptorium Parvulorum Mr. Way in a note quotes Caxton (Boke for Travellers), 'Beatrice the lauendre shall come he thir after diner, so gyve her the lynnen clothis.'

'Envy is lavender of the Court alway.' Legend of Good Women. Beatrice Ap Rice, laundress to Princess Mary (daughter of Henry VIII), is always set down as 'Mistress Launder':

'Item, paid for alb. of starche for Mts. Launder': Privy Purse Expenses, Princess Mary.

Cecilia la Lavender, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Peter le Lavender, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1538. William Launder: Register of the University of Oxford.

Isabella Lavendre. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.

1752. Married — Richard Morris and Ann Lavender: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

This is one of the numerous instances occurring in our family nomenclature of a name's ' not meaning what it says.' As we have many surnames derived from the vegetable kingdom, this might well be associated with the well-known garden herb; but it comes from an entirely different source. The obsolete French word lavandier, a washer-man, is its real parent; and as lavanderie, wash-house, has become laundry, so has this surname become further corrupted to Launder and Lander.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A laundress; Lavandière, French, one who washes, from the Latin, lavo, to wash.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(found Levander). From French lavandier, a washerman (L. lavo, to wash). Hence the Old English word launder, a washer, and the surname Launder.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Larnder Last Name Facts

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

The last name Larnder is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Larnder? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,353,468th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname Larnder is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Larnder reside; 63 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most common in England, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 574,413. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 25 percent reside, Norfolk, where 15 percent reside and West Midlands, where 14 percent reside. Beside England it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.

Larnder Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Larnder has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Larnder last name expanded 237 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 586 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Larnder Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Larnder earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.1% less than the national average, earning R 99,576 per year; in United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24% more than the national average, earning $61,605 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Learnder931/
Larender930/
Larinder930/
Larinde86210/
Larende8618/
Larndes860/
Lorinder8013/
Lerinder803/
Laurinde802/
Larendhe801/
Laurendet7532/
Laurendea751/
Laurendie751/
Larinda7176/
Larendi7116/
Larindi716/
Larenda712/
Lorndes710/
Laurendi67659/
Laurinda67378/
Laurenda6774/
Laarendi6710/
Laurindi674/
Llorende674/
Lahrindi671/
Laremndi671/
Lorindes671/
Larrenda671/
Laurinnda631/
Lorinda57115/
Lorenda5710/
Lorendi579/
Lorendy571/
Lorrinda535/
Lourenda534/
Lourinda532/
Lorendit531/
Llorenda531/

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