Lightbown Surname

385,006th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 923 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Lightbown 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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Lightbown Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5201:107,15011,192
United States1711:2,119,643134,411
Canada1701:216,73920,919
Wales251:123,7819,267
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3641:66,9657,625
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lightbown 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) Dweller at the clear stream.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lightbown Last Name Facts

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

Lightbown is found most in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightbown? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 385,006th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,895,499 people. The last name Lightbown is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of Lightbown reside; 61 percent reside in Northern Europe and 61 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Lightbown is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 520 people, or 1 in 107,150. In England Lightbown is mostly found in: Lancashire, where 29 percent are found, Greater Manchester, where 19 percent are found and Leicestershire, where 16 percent are found. Beside England it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 18 percent are found.

Lightbown Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lightbown has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Lightbown surname expanded 143 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 5,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lightbown Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lightbown surname are 25.49% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 78.72% being registered with the political party.

The amount Lightbown earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 21.4% more than the national average, earning $52,381 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $51,006 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Lightboune844/
Litbon801/
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Litboon751/
Lietbono711/
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