Liberty Surname

62,528th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,027 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Liberty Surname Definition:

1669. Married — John Bayley and Saray Libiter: St.

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Liberty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1571:87,1929,827
South Africa6351:85,31910,490
Nigeria5721:309,69017,197
Canada5341:68,9997,922
Indonesia4221:313,38727,602
Israel4211:20,3273,026
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Liberia2711:16,2681,692
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
England1171:476,22330,919
Philippines681:1,488,797104,347
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
France291:2,290,439180,028
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673
India231:33,350,669396,143
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Cayman Islands171:3,758489
Tanzania121:4,411,80154,433
Guam121:13,3432,098
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
China31:455,773,85521,925
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Aruba11:103,4772,586
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Malta11:430,2723,380
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1061:229,95617,302
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4851:103,54410,448

Liberty (33,520) may also be a first name.

Liberty Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the lead-beater'; compare Goldbeater. It is probable that Liberty is a corruption, the intermediate form being Libiter. The following entry strongly confirms this view:

1669. Married — John Bayley and Saray Libiter: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Gonnilda le Ledbetere, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ricardus Ledebatter, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Ledebeter, 1379: ibid.

1561-2. John Leadbeater and Christiana Andrewes: Marriage Lic (London).

1788. — John Winkfield and Margaret Leadbitter: St. George, Hanover Square.

1702. — William Leadbetter and Elizabeth Miller: ibid.

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

This surname is derived from an occupation. Probably a corruption of Leadbeater, which see. But Mr. Lower thinks it must be considered local. Then it would be 'of the liberty,' from residence in some early franchised district so called. There is a village called Liberty in Fife.

1669. Married — John Bayley and Saray Libiter: St. James, Clerkenwell.

This looks like a halfway house between Leadbeater, which see, or Lidbetter, and Liberty.

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

Doubtles a corrupt form of Lidbitter = Leadbeater, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A franchise, or district where peculiar laws and customs are enjoyed. See under Lee. The Lond. Direct, gives us a Jonathan, Liberty, but does not inform us whether he has any American relations. There is a village called Liberty in co. Fife.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Liberty, a village co. Fife; also the name of upwards of eight localities in the U.S.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Roger Livardé, Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph Levarde, Alan Leyberd, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Fife. Orfrom the Danish, Libbert, Lippert; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Liberty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Liberty (Arabic: ليبرتي) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Liberty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 62,528th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 907,879 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Liberty reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 25,556th most frequent forename in the world, held by 33,520 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 4,157 people, or 1 in 87,192. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 11 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States Liberty is found in 75 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.

Liberty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Liberty has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 857 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Liberty Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Liberty last name are 3.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.05% registered with the political party.

The amount Liberty earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning R 254,148 per year; in United States they earn 3.42% more than the national average, earning $44,626 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.15% less than the national average, earning $49,111 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Libertyo9332/
Lieberty9313/
Liberthy932/
Libertty932/
Liberti866,647/
Liberte862,381/
Liberta86925/
Liberté8620/
Leberty8614/
Libertá861/
Libertè861/
Libirty860/
Lyberty860/
Libertes8090/
Libertis8014/
Libierte809/
Libertha808/
Laiberte804/
Libertti803/
Libertai802/
Lieberte802/
Laiberta802/
Leiberta801/
Lliberte801/
Lieberta801/
Libertés801/
Liberter800/
Libertie800/
Liebertha75111/
Leberte71105/
Leberta7116/
Leberti7114/
Liverti7113/
Lebirty714/
Libirti712/
Libirta712/
Lebertes673/
Leberthe672/
Lemperty671/
Le'berta671/
Leeberte671/
Lebertjd671/
Lybertha671/
Lebertois63125/
Leverte5719/
Levirte572/
Livirte571/
Leverti571/
Levertte5318/

Liberty Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Liberty in the Arabic language
ليبرتيlybrty-

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