Littleboy Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Littleboy Surname Definition:

Possibly a nickname, 'little boy'; synonymous with Littlepage and Smallpage (which see), but more probably local, -boy or -boys representing the common suffix -bois, a wood; compare Mortiboy or Worboise. In this case it is doubtless the French Lillebois Anglicized and made imitative.

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Littleboy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3441:161,97115,135
Australia701:385,65331,598
United States581:6,249,292299,206
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Wales51:618,90625,852
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1851:131,75912,175
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Littleboy (21) may also be a first name.

Littleboy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Possibly a nickname, 'little boy'; synonymous with Littlepage and Smallpage (which see), but more probably local, -boy or -boys representing the common suffix -bois, a wood; compare Mortiboy or Worboise. In this case it is doubtless the French Lillebois Anglicized and made imitative.

1603. John Wood and Sarah Littleboy, widow of John Littleboy. of Rochester: Marriage Lic. (London).

William Littleboys, of Over Peover, gent, 1625: Wills at Chester.

1687. Baptised — Hanna, d. Henry Littleboye: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1688. Married —Joshua Taylor and Grace Litleby: St. Peter, Cornhill.

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

From the French name Lillebois, from bois, a wood. But see Boys.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(English), Little boy. Littlehale, Little hall or house, or Little Hal or Harry. Littlejohn, Little John. Little- man, Little man. (variant: Basset, Klein, and Piccolomini.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From the French, Lillebois (little wood); a location name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Littleboy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Littleboy is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Littleboy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Littleboy is the 617,991st most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 14,633,626 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Littleboy reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 71 percent reside in British Isles. Littleboy is also the 2,368,944th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name Littleboy is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 344 people, or 1 in 161,971. In England Littleboy is primarily concentrated in: Norfolk, where 24 percent live, Greater London, where 12 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 10 percent live. Barring England this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Littleboy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Littleboy has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Littleboy surname grew 186 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 414 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Littleboy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Littleboy surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Littleboy last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Littleboy earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.47% less than the national average, earning $42,948 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.89% less than the national average, earning $47,750 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Littleby941/
Littlevoy892/
Littlebuy891/
Lilebo80221/
Littlebit787/
Littlewoo781/
Letlebo7511/
Lisleby758/
Littlevood741/
Littlewwood701/
Lelebo6717/
Litlewood673/
Lilibo672/
Littlwood671/
Lileba671/
Lilevy671/
Lilvey670/

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