Lumb Surname
Approximately 6,077 people bear this surname
Lumb Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the lum,' from residence thereby, a North-English surname. 'Lum, a woody valley, a deep pool. North England' (Halliwell). The final 'b' is excrescent. There can be little doubt about the truth of this derivation, although I have no proofs; compare Lumby and Lumley, North English place-names.
Read More About This SurnameLumb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,338 | 1:16,692 | 2,420 |
| United States | 878 | 1:412,823 | 35,884 |
| Australia | 474 | 1:56,953 | 6,945 |
| Canada | 346 | 1:106,490 | 11,455 |
| India | 170 | 1:4,512,149 | 117,295 |
| New Zealand | 133 | 1:34,048 | 5,884 |
| Germany | 120 | 1:670,879 | 52,024 |
| South Africa | 110 | 1:492,525 | 40,325 |
| Scotland | 108 | 1:49,572 | 4,299 |
| Kenya | 81 | 1:570,122 | 27,144 |
| Wales | 77 | 1:40,189 | 3,923 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Northern Ireland | 25 | 1:73,801 | 5,249 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,832 | 1:8,607 | 1,299 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 159 | 1:315,841 | 24,783 |
Lumb (334) may also be a first name.
Lumb Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the lum,' from residence thereby, a North-English surname. 'Lum, a woody valley, a deep pool. North England' (Halliwell). The final 'b' is excrescent. There can be little doubt about the truth of this derivation, although I have no proofs; compare Lumby and Lumley, North English place-names.
1750. Married — Beaumont Bellamy and Elizabeth Lum: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
1671. Baptised — Richard, s. Francis Lumley: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1703. Married — Stephen Anderson and Anne Lumley: St. Michael, Cornhill.
(Teutonic) 1 Dweller by (a) a Deep Pool; (b) a Wooded Bottom or Valley [N. Dialectal English lum, lumb: the clue to the etymol. seems to be given by the definition in the ‘Gloss. Dialectal Lonsdale’ (p.53)—‘a deep still pool overshadowed with trees’; prob. from the stem seen in Dutch lommer, shade, and therefore conn. with English loom, ‘a looming shadow or reflection’: cp. Swedish lummig, bushy, leafy, umbrageous] 2 for Lomb, Lamb, q.v.
(Irish) Dweller at, or near, a deep pool or wooded valley; descendant of Lump, a pet form of Lambert (land, bright).
A location name in Lancashire, Yorkshire.
Lumb Demographics
Average Lumb Salary in
United States
$46,116 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lumb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lumb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lumb (Hindi: लूम्ब, Marathi: लुंब) has its highest incidence in England. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lumb? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 80,190th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,199,201 people. The last name Lumb occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Lumb reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 59 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 478,963rd most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 334 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 3,338 people, or 1 in 16,692. In England Lumb is most prevalent in: West Yorkshire, where 41 percent live, Greater London, where 6 percent live and Lancashire, where 6 percent live. Beside England this surname exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Lumb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lumb has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 118 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 552 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 5,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lumb Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lumb last name are 2.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.73% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lumb earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 79.75% more than the national average, earning 622,066 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 23.31% more than the national average, earning R 293,040 per year; in United States they earn 6.88% more than the national average, earning $46,116 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.99% more than the national average, earning $59,120 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laumb | 89 | 183 | / |
| Luimb | 89 | 9 | / |
| Lumbh | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lumbė | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lumbì | 89 | 1 | / |
| Loumb | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lumbs | 89 | 0 | / |
| Laumbh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Limb | 75 | 3,263 | / |
| Lomb | 75 | 543 | / |
| Lump | 75 | 370 | / |
| Lunb | 75 | 11 | / |
| Lumw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lumbova | 73 | 80 | / |
| Lumbowa | 73 | 41 | / |
| Lumbsch | 73 | 8 | / |
| Lumpp | 67 | 1,747 | / |
| Lumpe | 67 | 1,058 | / |
| Hlomb | 67 | 37 | / |
| Loump | 67 | 25 | / |
| Loomb | 67 | 24 | / |
| Lummp | 67 | 8 | / |
| Loemb | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lumps | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyumbova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lumpf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liemb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limmb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loumf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lumph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limbh | 67 | 1 | / |
Lumb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lumb in the Marathi language | ||
| लुंब | lumba | - |
| Lumb in the Hindi language | ||
| लूम्ब | lumba | 60.3 |
| लुम्ब | lumba | 38.69 |
| लुंब | lumba | 1.01 |
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