Longshanks Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Longshanks Surname Definition:

LONGSHANKS: From length of legs; the well-known sobriquet of Edward the First, and a still-existing family name.

Longshanks Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Longshanks Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

LONGSHANKS: From length of legs; the well-known sobriquet of Edward the First, and a still-existing family name.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Longchamps; a location name in Normandy. It was a nickname of Edward I.

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

Longshanks: is a barbarous alteration of Longchamps, in the department of Seine. As I have said before, it by no means follows that all those who bear a place-name had lands and a castle in that place. The De Longchamps were a great baronial race; but William de Longchamps, the Chancellor of Cœur de Lion, did not pertain to it. He and his brother, the Sheriff of York, Norfolk, and Suffolk, were the grandsons of a serf in the Diocese of Beauvais. William, who was Bishop of Ely, bought the chancellorship of Richard for 3,000 marks. “And had he continued in office,” said his enemies, “the kingdom would have been wholly exhausted—not a girdle would have remained to the man, nor a bracelet to the woman, nor a gem to a Jew.” At his fall he was obliged to make his escape in the disguise of a woman.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould
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Longshanks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Longshanks is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Longshanks? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 44 percent of Longshanks reside; 44 percent reside in Northern Europe and 44 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Longshanks is most common in: Greater London, where 100 percent live. Aside from England Longshanks is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and Ireland, where 11 percent live.

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