Lightowlers Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Monaco

Lightowlers Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lightowlers,' an estate in the parish of Stockport.

John Lightowlers, of Withnell, Lancashire, 1606-7: Lancashire Inquisitions.

Robert Lightowler, of Wyndybank, 1620: Wills at Chester.

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Lightowlers 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
England1281:435,29729,139
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Australia331:818,05251,601
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Monaco11:37,0664,748
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2111:115,52311,173
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lightowlers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lightowlers,' an estate in the parish of Stockport.

John Lightowlers, of Withnell, Lancashire, 1606-7: Lancashire Inquisitions.

Robert Lightowler, of Wyndybank, 1620: Wills at Chester.

James Chadwick, of Lightowlers, parish of Stockport. 1621: ibid.

Edmund Lightowler, of Castleton, 1633: ibid.

1624. Baptised — John, s. Thomas Lightollors: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1631. Married — Thomas Godfrey and Ann Lightellers: ibid.

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

(English) Dweller by the Light Alder(s [Old English léoht + alor = Old Norse ölr (North. Dialectal owler), alder-tree] Cp. Blackaller.

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

Average Lightowlers Salary in
England

£25,524

Per year
Rank:
55,584 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000298851
Rank: 26,139 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
94.62%
Sample size: 27 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Lightowlers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lightowlers is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Lightowlers.

How Common Is The Last Name Lightowlers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,118,459th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Lightowlers reside; 64 percent reside in Northern Europe and 64 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 435,297. In England it is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 35 percent live, Greater London, where 9 percent live and Devon, where 9 percent live. Barring England this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 15 percent live.

Lightowlers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lightowlers has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Lightowlers surname declined 39 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lightowlers Last Name Statistics demography

Lightowlers earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.74% less than the national average, earning $45,839 CAD per year.

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