London Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 26
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 25
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 8
Devon 17
Dorset 12
Durham 38
Essex 113
Gloucestershire 31
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 8
Hertfordshire 32
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 114
Lancashire 80
Leicestershire 12
Lincolnshire 24
London 582
Middlesex 120
Northumberland 26
Norfolk 159
Northamptonshire 15
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 64
Somerset 22
Surrey 91
Sussex 26
Staffordshire 33
Warwickshire 90
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 9
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 76

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 33
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

London Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the London family

Profession Census Frequency
School 184
Farm Labourer 31
Private Means 21
Clerk 18
General Servant (domestic) 18
Domestic Servant 11
House Painter 11
Assisting In The Business 10
School Boy 10
At School 9
Dressmaker 9
General Labourer 9
None 8
Old Age Pensioner 7
Bricklayer 6
Cook 6
Grocer 6
House Keeper 6
Compositor 5
Cook (domestic) 5
French Polisher 5
Labourer 5
No Occupation 5
Student 5
At Home 5

Most Frequent Forenames for London

Name Census Frequency
William London 1,007
Mary London 857
John London 825
Elizabeth London 619
James London 504
George London 494
Sarah London 490
Thomas London 469
Charles London 385
Robert London 274
Ann London 272
Frederick London 252
Henry London 238
Jane London 237
Edward London 228
Alice London 201
Ellen London 198
Annie London 193
Emma London 187
Eliza London 181
Margaret London 168
Emily London 167
Joseph London 163
Alfred London 150
Arthur London 148

London Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 London 100% 15,026
2 Lindon 83% 3,873
3 Landon 83% 3,787
4 Linden 67% 2,248
5 Lendon 83% 1,704
6 Landen 67% 1,472
7 Laundon 71% 1,437
8 Lenden 67% 526
9 Lundon 83% 354
10 Landan 67% 335
11 Londen 83% 282
12 Landin 67% 191

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The surname London is the most popular version of all its varients

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