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    The surname Lightbourne

    An English place surname, carried by 573 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L231

    Lightbourne: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lightbourne #38,582, 573 people Lightbourne: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lightbourne #38,582, 573 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lightbourne is more common than 76.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, possibly from Old English lēoht (“bright, clear, light”) + burna (“stream”).

    Lightbourne is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 573 people named Lightbourne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 444.

    #38,582
    rank among US surnames
    573
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.1%
    change since 2000 (was #45,403)

    Who is named Lightbourne

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    73% of people named Lightbourne identified as Black (not Hispanic), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 73%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.9%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Lightbournes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kyle Lightbourne
      Bermudian association football player and manager (born 1968)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Lightbourn
    • Lightburn

    Surnames that sound like Lightbourne

    Lightbourne has the Soundex code L231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L231.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lightbourne come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, possibly from Old English lēoht (“bright, clear, light”) + burna (“stream”).
    How common is the surname Lightbourne?
    573 people in the United States had the surname Lightbourne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. It ranked 38,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lightbourne?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Lightbourne identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lightbourne?
    Kyle Lightbourne, Bermudian association football player and manager (born 1968).
    Where is the surname Lightbourne most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lightbourne in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Lightbourne?
    Lightbourne is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lightbourne getting more or less common?
    More common. 444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 573 in 2010, up 29%.
    What are other spellings of Lightbourne?
    Lightbourn and Lightburn.