Lightbound Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Lightbound Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lightbourn.' Probably there are several spots so called in Lancashire. A suburb of my old parish (Ulverston, North Lancashire) is called Lightburne, the beck or burn flowing alongside (v.

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Lightbound Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:1,547,72466,012
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Wales51:618,90625,852
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:413,14224,536
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Lightbound Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lightbourn.' Probably there are several spots so called in Lancashire. A suburb of my old parish (Ulverston, North Lancashire) is called Lightburne, the beck or burn flowing alongside (v. Burn). With the corrupted Lightbound, compare Simmonds for Simmons, or rib and for ribbon. The ri, of course, is an I excrescence. That Lightbown and Lightbowne are variants of Lightbourn is proved below, although proof is not needed. There is no representative of any of the forms in my London Directory (1870). It is well confined to Lancashire.

Roger Lightborn, of Caton, 1593: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

Robert Lightbourne, of Eccles, 1598: Wills at Chester.

William Lightbourne, of Bolton-le- Moors, 1614: ibid.

In the next generation the name is written Lightbowne:

James Lightbowne, of Manchester, 1621: Wills at Chester.

Alexander Lightbowne, of Eccles, 1638: ibid.

In Ulverston, Lightburn is a name over a shop in close proximity to the suburb Lightburne.

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

(English+French-Latin) a compara­tively modern nickname for an Agile Person [Middle English li(g)ht, Old English léoht + English bound, from French bondir, to bound] (English) for Lightbourn (q.v.) through the form Lightbown.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Lightbound Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lightbound has its highest incidence in England. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightbound? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,943,350th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of Lightbound reside; 46 percent reside in Northern Europe and 46 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,547,724. In England it is most prevalent in: Merseyside, where 25 percent live, Hampshire, where 17 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 14 percent live. Apart from England Lightbound exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 32 percent live and Australia, where 16 percent live.

Lightbound Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lightbound has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Lightbound last name fell 39 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lightbound Last Name Statistics demography

Lightbound earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 86.47% more than the national average, earning $92,643 CAD per year.

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