Longsdale Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Denmark

Longsdale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Longsdale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:1,547,72466,012
Denmark61:940,78647,603
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England641:380,86523,394
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Longsdale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Longsdale is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Longsdale.

How Common Is The Last Name Longsdale? popularity and diffusion

The last name Longsdale is the 2,776,799th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Longsdale are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 73 percent are found in British Isles.

Longsdale is most common in England, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 1,547,724. In England it is most numerous in: Greater Manchester, where 17 percent reside, Somerset, where 14 percent reside and Surrey, where 14 percent reside. Beside England this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Longsdale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Longsdale has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Longsdale surname fell 44 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Longsdale Reference & Research

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LONSDALE FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Longsdale
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