Londesborough Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Londesborough Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Londesborough,' a parish in East Riding of Yorks, two miles and a half from Market Weighton.

Londesborough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1121:497,48331,781
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Londesborough Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Londesborough,' a parish in East Riding of Yorks, two miles and a half from Market Weighton.

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

(Scandinavian) belonging to Londes- borough (Yorks), the Domesday Lodenes- burg= Loden’s or Loðinn's Stronghold [the genit. of Norwegian loden, Old Norse loðinn, shaggy + borg = Old English bur(u)h, a fortified place]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Yorkshire, the presumed site of the Roman station Delgovitia.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Londesborough Last Name Facts

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

Londesborough is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Londesborough? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,596,935th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname Londesborough is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Londesborough reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 88 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Londesborough is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 497,483. In England Londesborough is mostly found in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 38 percent are found, Essex, where 13 percent are found and Staffordshire, where 7 percent are found. Not including England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent are found and Finland, where 4 percent are found.

Londesborough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Londesborough has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Londesborough surname expanded 1,120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Londsborough960/
Landesborough920/
Landsborough88508/

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