Longville Surname

559,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 567 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Longville Surname Definition:

A branch of the house of Giffard, barons of Langueville and Bolbec near Dieppe, Normandy. Osberne de Longueville or Bolbec, with William de Bolbec, Robert Malet, and Gilbert de Menill c. 990, gave the church of Pictariville, Normandy, to religious uses.

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Longville Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2581:1,404,88096,935
England1151:484,50531,272
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
Saint Lucia491:3,649535
Australia341:793,99150,673
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Wales121:257,87814,969
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
France31:22,140,907385,998
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belize11:355,4743,977
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
Wales61:261,4039,165

Longville Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A branch of the house of Giffard, barons of Langueville and Bolbec near Dieppe, Normandy. Osberne de Longueville or Bolbec, with William de Bolbec, Robert Malet, and Gilbert de Menill c. 990, gave the church of Pictariville, Normandy, to religious uses. In 1165 Henry de Longavilla held from Nigel de Luvetot in Hunts (Liber Niger). Richard de Logyil occurs in Bucks 1199, William in Herts 1198, and Roger de Longavilla in Hunts c. 1200 (Rotuli Curiae Regis). John de L. had a writ of military summons 1259. Hence Longueville, Lord Grey de Ruthyn, and probably the Longfields, Viscounts Longueville.

The Norman People (1874)

A Norman name: Longueville; a local name

British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber

Longval: perhaps the same, a branch of the House of Giffard, Barons of Longueville and Bolbec, near Dieppe. The name Longville still exists in England.

Leland gives also Longvillers.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

A Norman name: Longueville; a local name

British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber

Longville Last Name Facts

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

The surname Longville occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Longville? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 559,940th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. The surname Longville occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Longville live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 1,404,880. In The United States it is mostly found in: Ohio, where 25 percent reside, California, where 15 percent reside and South Dakota, where 12 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent reside and New Zealand, where 12 percent reside.

Longville Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Longville has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Longville surname increased 397 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Longville Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Longville last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.

Longville earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.34% more than the national average, earning $43,727 USD per year.

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