Lightbowne Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Lightbowne 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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Lightbowne 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
England191:2,932,529101,561
Wales41:773,63329,106
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Lightbowne 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
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Lightbowne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lightbowne occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightbowne? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Lightbowne is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Lightbowne reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 90 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Lightbowne is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,932,529. In England Lightbowne is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 68 percent reside, Merseyside, where 21 percent reside and Lancashire, where 5 percent reside. Aside from England it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 14 percent reside and Scotland, where 10 percent reside.

Lightbowne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lightbowne has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Lightbowne last name expanded 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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