Lestrange Surname

317,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tonga

Lestrange Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the strange,' i.e. the new-comer, the stranger; compare Newman.

Stephen le Straunge, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John le Straunge, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Hamond le Straunge, Berkshire, ibid.

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Lestrange Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7081:511,94842,890
England1341:415,80628,295
Australia971:278,30624,956
Ireland871:54,1263,790
Thailand401:1,765,959222,048
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
France121:5,535,227269,324
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Wales81:386,81619,671
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Tonga41:26,828461
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1311:33,8163,276
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1291:389,29229,048

Lestrange Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the strange,' i.e. the new-comer, the stranger; compare Newman.

Stephen le Straunge, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John le Straunge, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Hamond le Straunge, Berkshire, ibid.

John le Strange, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Willelmus Straunge, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1578. Baptised — John, s. William Straunge: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1780. Married — Thomas Strange and Elizabeth Woods: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) the Anglo-French (13th cent.) le Estrange (Mod. French Létrange) = The Foreigner [Old French estrange, strange, foreign; Latin extrane-us)

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This is the only form now in use of the Westmeath name Mac Conchoigchráche, formerly anglicized MacEncegry. IF 306*, 314*; Map Off.-Wmea

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

“Stranger” or “Newcomer” in Old French (L’estrange).

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

According to some genealogists this family first appear in England at certain jousts of arms, which took place at Peverell's Castle, in the Beak of Derbyshire. There were present on the occasion Owen, Prince of Wales, a Scottish Prince, and two sons of the Duke of Brittany, one of whom, from his foreign birth, was called Guido le Strange, and became progenitor of the various baronial houses of L'Estrange and Strange. "This race of Le Strange continued for many descents in the dignity of lords barons, in Latine records called Extranei, for that they were strangers, brought hither by King Henry the Second, in the year 1148." Weever's Funerall Monuments, p. 530.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

This family descends from Ruald Lestrange, who witnessed a charter of Alan Fitz-Flaald in Norfolk 1112 (Mon. i. 627). The descent of the Lords Lestrange of Knockyn has been treated by Eyton (Salop, x. 259, &c.). Ruald was of Breton origin, and was probably son of Payne or Judicael de Peregrino, whose father Ruald or Rodaldus de Peregrino (or extraneus, le Strange) granted part of the island of Noirmoutier to the Abbey of St. Saviour, Bretagne 1060 (Lobineau, Hist. Bret. ii. 170). Hence the Barons Strange of Knockin and of Blackmere.

— The Norman People (1874)

Several of the mayors of Bideford, Devon, in the 17th century, bore the name of Strange (Watkins' "Bideford").

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Lestrange Demographics

Lestrange Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 131 (1901)

Religious Adherence
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Lestrange Last Name Facts

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

Lestrange occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lestrange? popularity and diffusion

It is the 317,498th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,175,886 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Lestrange are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Lestrange is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 708 people, or 1 in 511,948. In The United States Lestrange is most numerous in: Nevada, where 22 percent are found, New York, where 19 percent are found and California, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.

Lestrange Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lestrange has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lestrange surname increased 549 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 893 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 34 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lestrange Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Lestrange surname is chiefly Catholic (98%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Lestrange last name are 7.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.2% registered with the political party.

Lestrange earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.47% more than the national average, earning $53,275 USD per year.

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