Littlebury Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Littlebury Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Littlebury,' a parish in Essex, near Saffron Walden.

Martin de Littlebury, temp. Henry III: History of Norfolk.

Laurence de Lytlebory, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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Littlebury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England661:844,21344,691
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:353,26622,372
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Littlebury Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Littlebury,' a parish in Essex, near Saffron Walden.

Martin de Littlebury, temp. Henry III: History of Norfolk.

Laurence de Lytlebory, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Lytlebury, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

1605-6 Philip Littlebury, Lincolnshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1693-4. John Littlebury and Susanna Dodsworth: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

(English) belonging to Littlebury (Essex), the Anglo-Saxon Lytelburg (dat. form, œt Lytlanbyrig) = the Little Stronghold [Old English lýtel + burg, a fortified place] There are remains of a Roman fortifica­tion at Littlebury.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Littlebury Last Name Facts

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

Littlebury is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Littlebury click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Littlebury? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,727,723rd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Littlebury occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Littlebury live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 844,213. In England Littlebury is mostly concentrated in: Essex, where 41 percent are found, Greater London, where 29 percent are found and Dorset, where 8 percent are found. Not including England it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.

Littlebury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Littlebury has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Littlebury last name declined 4 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Littlebury Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Littlebury surname are 42.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.89% registered to vote for the party.

Littlebury earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 111.23% more than the national average, earning $91,143 USD per year.

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