Linton Surname
Approximately 37,191 people bear this surname
Linton Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Linton,' parishes in Cambridgeshire, Devon, Herefordshire, Kent, and Yorkshire (West Riding). Also townships in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, York (West and North Riding).
William de Lynton, Worcestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.
Read More About This SurnameLinton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,314 | 1:18,767 | 2,360 |
| England | 3,773 | 1:14,768 | 2,180 |
| Jamaica | 2,889 | 1:993 | 185 |
| Canada | 2,815 | 1:13,089 | 1,933 |
| Australia | 2,304 | 1:11,717 | 1,722 |
| Scotland | 1,217 | 1:4,399 | 763 |
| Northern Ireland | 737 | 1:2,503 | 511 |
| New Zealand | 724 | 1:6,255 | 1,051 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Barbados | 388 | 1:741 | 188 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| South Africa | 226 | 1:239,724 | 24,596 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Wales | 153 | 1:20,226 | 2,148 |
| Sweden | 145 | 1:67,909 | 5,148 |
| Benin | 128 | 1:80,747 | 9,550 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 126 | 1:10,825 | 1,479 |
| Costa Rica | 78 | 1:61,283 | 1,297 |
| Ireland | 76 | 1:61,960 | 4,107 |
| Dominica | 76 | 1:999 | 210 |
| Ecuador | 76 | 1:209,287 | 7,992 |
| Mexico | 66 | 1:1,880,700 | 18,230 |
| Guyana | 63 | 1:12,099 | 1,709 |
| Panama | 52 | 1:75,236 | 3,168 |
| Cuba | 47 | 1:245,164 | 4,793 |
| Israel | 47 | 1:182,077 | 18,133 |
| Nicaragua | 40 | 1:150,527 | 2,221 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Cayman Islands | 16 | 1:3,993 | 538 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Grenada | 16 | 1:6,783 | 683 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Saint Lucia | 13 | 1:13,752 | 1,221 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| British Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:3,159 | 366 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | 1:4,291 | 379 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 563 | 1:7,868 | 1,205 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,650 | 1:14,773 | 2,200 |
| Scotland | 785 | 1:4,768 | 747 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:52,281 | 2,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,034 | 1:16,552 | 2,111 |
Linton (10,314) may also be a first name.
Linton Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Linton,' parishes in Cambridgeshire, Devon, Herefordshire, Kent, and Yorkshire (West Riding). Also townships in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, York (West and North Riding).
William de Lynton, Worcestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Richard de Linton, London. 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Hugh de Linton, Yorkshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Laurencie de Lynton (of Linton), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1545-6. Robert Lynton and Catherine Johnson: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
1686. Baptised — William, s. Thomas Linton: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1719. Married — John James and Margaret Linton: St. Dionis Backchurch.
Of local origin from one or other of the following places: (1) Linton, now West Linton, a village and parish of Peeblesshire, (2) Linton, a parish of Roxburghshire, (3) East Linton, a small burgh in the parish of Prestonkirk, East Lothian. Camel de Lintun witnessed a charter by Ernaldus, bishop of St. Andrews, c. 1160—62 (RPSA., p. 128), and Magister Robert de Linton was vicar of Kylelan (Killilan), a. 1214 (Levenax, p. 14; RMP., p. 209). Philip de Lynton, constable of Berewyr witnessed a Coldingham charter of 1285 (Roine, 262), and in 1296 rendered homage (Bain, II, p. 213). Two Adam de Lyntons of Edinburghshire also rendered homage in the same year (ibid., p. 201). Thomas Lynton was provost of Aberdeen, 1348—49, William de Lyntoun was tenant of the fulling-mill of Scralyne, 1376 (RHM., I, p. lxvii), James de Lintoune was bailie of Edinburgh, 1411 (Cambus., 94), and John Linton is recorded in Balgreddan, 1677 (Kirkcudbright). Lyntoune 1599.
(English) belonging to Linton = 1 the Flax- Enclosure [Old English lín, flax + tún, an enclosure, &c.
2 the Lime-Tree Enclosure or Farm [Old English lind, a lime-tree + tún] 3 (North.) the Enclosure or Farm by the Torrent [Old Northern English hlynn, a torrent, cascade + tún] Linton, Cambs, and Linton, Glouc., occur as Lintún in Anglo-Saxon charters; and East Linton, Haddington, was Lintun A.D. 1127.
Linton-upon-Ouse ‘formerly was very productive in its growth of flax.’ But Linton, or Lynton, Devon, is named from the River Lyn [cp. Welsh lli, lliant, a stream; conn. with llyn, a pool]
(English) One who came from Linton (homestead of flax or lime trees), the name of various places in England.
Parishes and places in cos. Roxburgh, Haddington, Cambridge, Derby, Devon, Lincoln, Hereford, Kent, York, &c.
Local: from the parish of Linton in Roxburghshire.
Local. From Lin, a lake or pool, and ton, a town. A parish in Roxburgshire, Scotland.
A location name in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Haddington, Herefordshire, Kent, Peebles, Roxburgh, Yorkshire.
Linton Demographics
Average Linton Salary in
United States
$43,284 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Linton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Linton (Arabic: لينتون, Bengali: লীণ্ট্ন, Hindi: लिंटोन, Marathi: िंलतोन, Russian: Линтон) is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Linton? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,972nd most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 195,949 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Linton live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 60,009th most common given name world-wide, borne by 10,314 people.
Linton is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 19,314 people, or 1 in 18,767. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 108 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent are found and Jamaica, where 8 percent are found.
Linton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Linton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Linton surname increased 637 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 229 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 155 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 510 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Linton Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (53%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Linton surname are 11.71% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.48% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Linton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.27% less than the national average, earning 275,913 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 31.75% more than the national average, earning R 313,092 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.67% more than the national average, earning $25,125,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.31% more than the national average, earning $43,284 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.07% more than the national average, earning $55,681 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lintong | 92 | 1,634 | / |
| Glinton | 92 | 1,175 | / |
| Linthon | 92 | 121 | / |
| Lindton | 92 | 25 | / |
| Lionton | 92 | 1 | / |
| Llinton | 92 | 1 | / |
| Luinton | 92 | 1 | / |
| Linthong | 86 | 809 | / |
| Lenton | 83 | 5,431 | / |
| Lynton | 83 | 872 | / |
| Lintan | 83 | 565 | / |
| Lintun | 83 | 72 | / |
| Limton | 83 | 12 | / |
| Lntong | 83 | 6 | / |
| Lintom | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lintang | 77 | 4,577 | / |
| Limtong | 77 | 86 | / |
| Lentong | 77 | 60 | / |
| Lintung | 77 | 27 | / |
| Lenthon | 77 | 24 | / |
| Lyntton | 77 | 17 | / |
| Lindtun | 77 | 7 | / |
| Lintant | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lentone | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hlenton | 77 | 1 | / |
| Llintan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lintaan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lintane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Linthan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lentoon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lnthong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lntan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Limthong | 71 | 1,721 | / |
| Lynthong | 71 | 218 | / |
| Lenthong | 71 | 10 | / |
| Linthune | 71 | 3 | / |
| Limthone | 71 | 2 | / |
| Linthang | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lintangg | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lintam | 67 | 31 | / |
| Limtom | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lemton | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lentan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lynnhtoon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lentom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lymton | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limthongk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lintum | 67 | 0 | / |
Linton Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Linton in the Bengali language | ||
| লীণ্ট্ন | lintna | - |
| Linton in the Hindi language | ||
| लिंटोन | lintona | - |
| Linton in the Marathi language | ||
| िंलतोन | inlatona | - |
| Linton in the Russian language | ||
| Линтон | linton | - |
| Linton in the Arabic language | ||
| لينتون | lyntwn | - |
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