Liversedge Surname

495,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Liversedge Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Liversedge,' a township in the parish of Birstall, nine miles from Leeds. But there seems to have been a place of this name also in the West country.

Ralph Leversedge, Somerset, 1583-4: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Liversedge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3931:141,77613,759
United States1391:2,607,618157,688
Scotland341:157,4659,168
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Wales51:618,90625,852
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5441:44,8085,578
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Liversedge Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Liversedge,' a township in the parish of Birstall, nine miles from Leeds. But there seems to have been a place of this name also in the West country.

Ralph Leversedge, Somerset, 1583-4: Register of the University of Oxford.

Thomas Leversage, Cheshire, 1607: ibid.

Roger Liversage, of Woolston, 1582: Wills'at Chester (1545-1620).

William Liversage, of Wheelock, 1613: ibid.

1573. Baptised — John Jeffreys, alias Leversedg: Reg. Stourton, Wiltshire.

1690. Married — John Trimboy and Elizabeth Leversage: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Liversedge (Yorks), the Domesday Livre- sec(h, later Leversege, Liversege.

[The available forms do not help much towards an exact fixation of the etymology: the name can hardly be a combination of the two water-plant names liver or lever (v. under Livermere) and sedge— Old English secg; and the forms are against the assumption (as to the second element) of a derivation from Old English síc, a water-course. If the second element is edge—O.E. ecg—the first may be the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Léofhere. As to the physiography of Liversedge, the township is situated ‘on the declivities of a valley watered by a stream’ (National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Liversedge, a surname now rare in the county, though still represented in Hull, is the name of a township in the West Riding. John Liversege was twice mayor of Hull about five centuries ago (T. H.). Liversage was the name of an old family of Macclesfield, Cheshire, in the 15th century, members of which filled the office of mayor (Earwaker's "East Cheshire").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Liversedge Last Name Facts

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

The surname Liversedge is most common in England. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Liversedge? popularity and diffusion

Liversedge is the 495,028th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. Liversedge occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Liversedge reside; 66 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 393 people, or 1 in 141,776. In England Liversedge is mostly found in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 20 percent reside, West Yorkshire, where 11 percent reside and Greater Manchester, where 7 percent reside. Barring England this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Scotland, where 5 percent reside.

Liversedge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Liversedge has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 28 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 13,900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Liversedge Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Liversedge surname are 4.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Liversedge earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 2.23% more than the national average, earning R 242,928 per year and in United States they earn 11.22% more than the national average, earning $47,989 USD per year.

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