Lund Surname

4,616th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121,658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greenland

Lund Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the laund' or 'lund,' i.e. lawn, which is a modern form, an open space in a wood, a glade. 'Lawndeof a wode, saitus': Promptorium Parvulorum 'At the hartes in these hye laundes.'

A property in my late parish (Ulverston) has been from time immemorial called 'The Lund.

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Lund Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States34,3741:10,5451,294
Pakistan31,9621:5,589511
Denmark16,7581:33726
Norway12,7711:40322
Sweden8,1591:1,20798
England4,3881:12,6981,875
Canada3,0331:12,1481,801
India2,4621:311,56217,423
Australia1,5891:16,9892,387
Germany1,5141:53,1746,912
Finland8531:6,4441,003
South Africa8441:64,1928,075
Thailand5041:140,15521,849
Greenland2921:19343
New Zealand2801:16,1732,819
Brazil1471:1,456,28848,949
Spain1371:341,25619,726
Argentina1261:339,23326,703
Scotland1041:51,4794,410
Wales1011:30,6393,095
Chile1001:176,1655,766
Iceland911:4,177533
Estonia771:17,1662,887
Netherlands721:234,54430,714
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
France651:1,021,888113,182
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Lebanon591:95,5445,831
Isle of Man511:1,683305
Iran501:1,535,65060,563
Ireland451:104,6435,503
Belgium391:294,78634,540
Northern Ireland341:54,2664,423
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
Malta181:23,9041,289
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Cyprus161:55,3055,325
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Jersey141:7,0861,520
China131:105,178,5825,529
Peru131:2,444,93327,186
Afghanistan121:2,679,43217,028
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Bulgaria111:634,44625,919
Cayman Islands91:7,099820
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Guam81:20,0153,029
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Faroe Islands51:9,800861
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Panama41:978,06412,245
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,2181:7,5751,162
Scotland261:143,9706,132
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5241:19,8962,509

Lund (551) may also be a first name.

Lund Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the laund' or 'lund,' i.e. lawn, which is a modern form, an open space in a wood, a glade. 'Lawndeof a wode, saitus': Promptorium Parvulorum 'At the hartes in these hye laundes.'

A property in my late parish (Ulverston) has been from time immemorial called 'The Lund.' A high piece of greensward, it once overlooked the forest of Furness. The final 's' in Lowndes, &c, is probably the patronymic, as in Williams, Jennings, &c.; compare Knowles, Styles, Brooks, Holmes, &c.

Richard de la Lund, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henry del Lund, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Robert de la Laund, Essex, ibid.

Thomas de Lound, Lincolnshire, ibid.

William de la Londe, Devon, ibid.

John de la Lound, Bedfordshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Alice du Lund, Close Rolls, 32 Edward I.

Beatrice atte Lound, Norfolk, temp. Edward III: History of Norfolk.

Johannes del Lound, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Lund is the commonest form of entry in early rolls.

1625-6. Thomas Madlocke and Catherine Lownes: Marriage Lic. (London).

1628. Thomas Lowndes and Elizabeth Spenser: ibid.

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

(Scandinavian) belonging to Lund = a (Sacred) Grove; Thicket [Old Norse lund-r] There has been confusion with Lound, Laund, Land, q.v.

Richard de la Lund.—Hund. Rolls (Norf.), A.D. 1274.

Richard del Lund.—Lanc. Assize Rolls, A.D. 1284.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(1) Place name in Sweden. (2) “Clearing in a wood” in Old English (Laund). Same origin as Lawn.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Swedish) Grove.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lund is a well-known bishop's see and university in Sweden. A family of this name settled in Yorkshire from Nuremburg in the XVI. century. See Lunn.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

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

Lund Last Name Facts

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

Lund (Arabic: وند, Marathi: लुंड, Russian: Лунд) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lund.

How Common Is The Last Name Lund? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,616th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 59,902 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 37 percent of Lund reside; 36 percent reside in Northern Europe and 32 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 358,643rd most widely held first name at a global level, held by 551 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 34,374 people, or 1 in 10,545. In The United States it is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 13 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Washington, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States Lund exists in 117 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 26 percent are found and Denmark, where 14 percent are found.

Lund Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lund has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lund surname rose 1,362 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 2,525 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 1,125 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lund Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Maronite (51%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Lund are 9.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.97% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lund earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.3% more than the national average, earning 357,506 kr per year; in Peru they earn 23.29% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,900 per year; in South Africa they earn 60.89% more than the national average, earning R 382,344 per year; in United States they earn 8.46% more than the national average, earning $46,798 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.89% more than the national average, earning $50,624 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lundh893,694/
Lundt891,203/
Ålund89763/
Lound89611/
Laund89542/
Lundø89148/
Hlund8937/
Ølund8927/
Lunds897/
Lundd897/
Llund895/
Lundå894/
Leund892/
Lunnd892/
Luind891/
Lyund891/
Lundz891/
Lun8639,031/
Lounds801,082/
Åhlund80705/
Lundås8054/
Hølund8038/
Øhlund8027/
Laundh802/
Launds802/
Lundte802/
Lusend801/
Lund's801/
Loundh801/
Laundt800/
Loundt800/
Lundtz800/
Lucind800/
Lung7533,177/
Lunn7519,068/
Lunt759,716/
Loun757,540/
Laun753,207/
Luhn752,072/
Lune751,990/
Lond75889/
Luin75824/
Liun75414/
Leun75288/
Lunc7554/
Hlun7548/
Lyun7533/
Lhun7523/
Luun7522/
Lusn7515/
Lunå7512/
Luyn7510/
Lumn759/
Lumd757/
Lutn756/
Lunh754/
Lgun753/
Lunø751/
Llun751/
Lundová73143/
Høllund736/
Lundova731/
Leung67409,913/
Lucin673,280/
Lutin672,979/
Laune671,696/
Liung671,494/
Londt671,022/
Luten671,018/
Loung67703/
Lahun67676/
Luntz67603/
Lusin67594/
Lount67458/
Luing67429/
Lunte67422/
Lucen67390/
Leune67343/
Luhyn67314/
Laung67302/
Launt67236/
Leunk67214/
Loune67189/
Lunts67160/
Lusen67146/
Lunøe67144/
Luine67111/
Luncz67106/
Lautn67103/
Lunne6789/
Luihn6786/
Londh6781/
Lugne6754/
Lohun6753/
Launn6727/
Luhne6722/
Hlond6720/
Lunnehed6718/
Llune6716/
Loond6716/
Launh6714/
Lungh6714/
Lyuin6713/
Lutyn6713/
Lusne6712/
Luijn6711/
Lunng6711/
Lounh6710/
Llung6710/
Lyunh679/
Leunt678/
Lutín678/
Lunqu676/
Lusng676/
Lausn674/
Liune674/
Luncg674/
Lungy673/
Luşin673/
Llond672/
Lunhe672/
Luinq672/
Lusyn672/
Lyumn671/
Lyunn671/
Luunh671/
Lluin671/
Linhd671/
Lgunn671/
Lgunt671/
Lhoun671/
Leunn671/
Leunq671/
Lauhn671/
Lauun671/
Lungg671/
Luyện671/
Hlune671/
Luçin671/
Luĭng671/
Luint671/
Hluin671/
L'Ung671/
Lhung671/
Hlung671/
Lungk671/
Lumnq671/
Luink671/
Lunth670/
Luinn670/
Lumne670/
Gliun670/
Hlunt670/

Lund Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lund in the Marathi language
लुंडlunda90.4
लूंडlunda4.13
लुन्डlunda1.88
लुन्दlunda1.85
लुंदlunda0.83
लुडluda0.65
लूंदlunda0.14
Lund in the Russian language
Лундlund-
Lund in the Arabic language
وندwnd-

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