Lind Surname

9,663rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58,464 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Lind Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the lind,' i.e. the linden-tree, modernly, the lime-tree. Lind is the true subs., and linden, like woollen or golden, is the adj. (Skeat). Lind is the root of many local names, such as Lyndhurst, Lindley, Lindale, and Lindow, which see.

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Lind Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21,2921:17,0232,149
Sweden15,2961:64441
Germany4,6971:17,1402,263
Denmark4,4991:1,25575
Norway2,2571:2,278195
Finland1,8001:3,054490
Canada1,3661:26,9733,591
Australia1,2881:20,9592,911
Estonia8591:1,53971
Austria8061:10,5651,437
England5341:104,34110,941
Russia5181:278,23028,892
New Zealand4761:9,5131,656
South Africa3811:142,19916,324
Argentina3051:140,14211,866
Scotland2891:18,5252,208
Netherlands2761:61,18510,518
France2331:285,07643,747
Brazil1291:1,659,49154,555
Malaysia971:304,06416,606
Portugal941:110,8325,195
Thailand861:821,376131,940
Spain721:649,33429,324
Israel711:120,53013,243
Japan651:1,966,83527,587
Singapore641:86,0583,478
Switzerland641:128,32712,782
Kazakhstan441:401,87531,337
Hungary341:288,71422,080
Belize331:10,7721,358
Malta301:14,342837
Greenland281:2,014243
Puerto Rico231:154,3541,960
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Iceland201:19,0041,557
Wales201:154,72710,755
Chile181:978,69319,774
China151:91,154,7714,767
India151:51,137,692512,385
Peru141:2,270,29426,427
Taiwan141:1,674,62511,030
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Faroe Islands111:4,454504
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Guam81:20,0153,029
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Transnistria71:67,8149,165
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Jordan41:2,210,60920,372
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Suriname41:138,1547,029
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Liechtenstein31:12,7931,395
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2931:12,7751,512
England2131:114,43811,110
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7561:28,5983,491

Lind (2,145) may also be a first name.

Lind Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the lind,' i.e. the linden-tree, modernly, the lime-tree. Lind is the true subs., and linden, like woollen or golden, is the adj. (Skeat). Lind is the root of many local names, such as Lyndhurst, Lindley, Lindale, and Lindow, which see.

Henry de la Lynde. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

Robert ate Lynde, temp. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Thomas de la Lynde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1596. Humphrey Linde, of London: Register of the University of Oxford.

1800. Married — Peter Snowdon and Harriot Linde: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

A surname in the parish of Tarves, Aberdeenshire. Norman Lind, parochiner of Botryphnie, appears in 1648 (Strothbogie, p. 84), and Alexander Lind in Seaton of Cairnbulg in 1785 (Aberdeen CR.). Perhaps same as Linn with accretionary d.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Teutonic) Dweller at a Lime- or Linden - Tree [Middle English lind, lynde (linden, prop. adj.), Old English lind = Old Norse lind (= Ger. linde] Was nevere leef upon lynde Lighter therafter.—Piers Plowman, 769-70.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, Swedish) Dweller by the lime tree; linden tree.

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

The name of Lynne was assumed by the proprietors of the lands and barony of Lynne, in Ayrshire, as soon as surnames became hereditary in Scotland. B.L.G. Lind is Scotch for a lime tree. Jamieson. In England the name occurs in the XIV. century, as De la Lynde-"of the Linden, or lime tree." This surname is found in most of the Teutonic languages. The French name Tilleul is synonymous.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. (Swedish, Saxon, Danish, and Dutch.) A place where the lime or linden—treea grow.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From Lynde, near Lille and Hazebrook, Flanders. The family of De la Lynde was seated in Dorset at an early date.

The Norman People (1874)

User-submitted Reference

The Lindblom surname means 'limetree flower'.

The variants of this surname are:

Lind (lime tree).

Lindkvist (lime tree twig).

- l.m.lindblom

A Scottish surname, mostly found in the south west. It means 'waterfall'. Many Lindes emmigrated to South Africa and Ireland.

- mikeydino

Lind Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lind (Hindi: लिन्द, Russian: Линд) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lind? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 9,663rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 124,650 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Lind live; 44 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 162,038th most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 2,145 people.

The surname Lind is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 21,292 people, or 1 in 17,023. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 11 percent are found, Minnesota, where 10 percent are found and Washington, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States it exists in 115 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 26 percent are found and Germany, where 8 percent are found.

Lind Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lind has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lind last name rose 1,213 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 251 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 1 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 40 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lind Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland, Orthodox (73%) in Russia and Protestant (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Lind surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.04% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lind earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.83% more than the national average, earning 355,876 kr per year; in Peru they earn 153.22% more than the national average, earning S/. 49,086 per year; in South Africa they earn 10.62% more than the national average, earning R 262,872 per year; in United States they earn 7.07% more than the national average, earning $46,198 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.39% more than the national average, earning $51,369 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lindh896,784/
Lindt893,615/
Lindø89140/
Linds89106/
Glind8952/
Liend8935/
Ålind8924/
Liond8914/
Lindå897/
Linnd893/
Lindė892/
Lindz891/
Llind891/
Luind891/
Lin8618,909,435/
Lnd8621/
Lindås80284/
Lindsø8067/
Glindø806/
Hglind804/
Lindsj803/
Liondd801/
L'Lind801/
D'Lind801/
Lindtz800/
Ling751,263,722/
Linn75139,482/
Lina7554,424/
Lien7532,885/
Lion7531,452/
Lint753,688/
Lynd752,572/
Glin751,106/
Luin75824/
Lend75707/
Llin75408/
Limn75372/
Lihn75326/
Lijn75222/
Hlin75119/
Ålin75100/
Lænd7518/
Limd7510/
Lgin756/
Lisn755/
Lhin754/
Hlnd754/
Linq752/
Linå752/
Linț751/
Lhnd751/
Lindová73274/
Lindova7320/
Høglind739/
Lindsås734/
Lindowa731/
Linne673,427/
Lingg672,527/
Linte67848/
Åhlin67820/
Lints67807/
Lendt67588/
Linkh67424/
Glinn67367/
Ln67328/
Liehn67319/
Lingė67170/
Lincz6797/
Luihn6786/
Glien6782/
Lingh6763/
Llina6759/
Lionn6759/
Lingy6748/
Lintt6742/
Åling6736/
Ålien6722/
Hling6721/
Linth6719/
Lyndt6719/
Luend6718/
Linnå6718/
Glint6717/
Lendh6716/
Liuen6715/
Leend6711/
Lyond679/
Lling678/
Llion677/
Liaen677/
L'Lin677/
Laend676/
Linng675/
Löndt675/
Lyndh674/
Lends674/
Øhlin674/
Lient673/
Linqu673/
Leund672/
Lindtová672/
Llink672/
Lisng672/
Lendz672/
Liont672/
Limtd672/
Lindowna672/
Lynnd671/
Lluin671/
Lingq671/
Lisnk671/
Hlihn671/
Hlinc671/
Hglin671/
Gliin671/
Llend671/
Luint671/
Hlindová671/
Hluin671/
L'Ing671/
Limûn671/
D'Lin671/
Lisnt670/
Lienn670/
Luinn670/
Linzz670/

Lind Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lind in the Hindi language
लिन्दlinda50
लिंडlinda50
Lind in the Russian language
Линдlind-

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