Lindsay is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lindsay
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Sir William Dugdale says this surname is local, and was first assumed by the proprietors of the lands and manor of Lindsay, in the county of Essex, England. One of the Lindsays having contracted a friendship with Malcolm Canmore, when in England, went with him to Scotland, and was the progenitor of the Lindsays in that country. The eastern part of Lincolnshire was originally called Lindsey, from the place abounding with linden-trees

How popular is Lindsay?

Lindsay is common in England.

Lindsay is ranked 5948 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lindsay bearers increased by 4.759954 per cent in 2010 US census to 33255 since 2000, the surname slipped by 44 spots and ranked at 1052. The last name was found in around 113 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.49 75.11
Black 22 20.51
Hispanic or Latino 2.4 1.58
Others 2.01 1.76
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.53 0.55
Lindsay is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Montserrat is ahead in terms of density. Around 91767 people have been found who wears Lindsay as their family name. Lindsay is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
16,722 Nigeria8
275,830 Ukraine8
8,582 Japan6
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
5,340 Iceland6
126 Montserrat6
1,632 South Korea5
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
10,686 Costa Rica3
78,945 Argentina3
127,708 Czech Republic3
16,605 Austria3
3,818 Zambia3
35,184 Poland3
19,093 Finland2
4,164 Vietnam2
18,035 Egypt2
34,572 Israel2
8,995 Uganda2
5,318 Iraq2
7,299 Estonia2
1,834 Malta2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
14,521 Portugal2
4,944 Bosnia2
5,859 Mauritius2
6,103 Cyprus2
4,781 Malawi2
12,844 Pakistan2
9,116 Nicaragua1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,877 Cuba1
165,773 Belarus1
2,190 Barbados1
15,705 Cameroon1
1,879 Belize1
24,771 Colombia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
123,175 Tanzania1
50,549 Georgia1
1,818 Guernsey1
5,924 Paraguay1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
40,340 Malaysia1
28,746 Algeria1
12,745 Luxembourg1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
3,243 Suriname1
17,575 Kuwait1
8,371 Syria1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
573 Vanuatu1
472 Tonga1
20,172 Hungary1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
11,510 Oman1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
613 The Bahamas49
15,525 Norway46
95,259 Italy45
21,712 Sweden44
2,848 Thailand40
13,773 Denmark39
6,551 Qatar39
8,214 Singapore35
52,947 Netherlands31
213 Cayman Islands29
334 Bermuda28
545 Grenada26
297,046 Russia25
699 Isle of Man21
2,197 China20
1,163 Jersey17
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
20,378 Zimbabwe78
189 Antigua and Barbuda66
218,658 India61
26,687 Belgium59
18,012 Peru57
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Lindsay:
989 Ireland628
27,752 Philippines451
27,368 Brazil445
902 Wales429
11,492 Kenya392
30,009 France331
1,346 Panama277
840 Trinidad and Tobago252
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
5,328 Chile189
11,417 Greece172
19,894 Spain151
23,602 Mexico131
1,845 Hong Kong130
7,471 United Arab Emirates130
Countries with thousands of Lindsay:
527 Canada8,616
350 Australia8,044
131 Scotland4,837
1,518 South Africa4,402
149 Jamaica3,052
234 New Zealand2,364
1,954 Ghana1,677
225 Northern Ireland1,455
9,390 Germany1,042
Countries with ten thousands of Lindsay:
980 United States38,152
523 England12,766
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Lindsay was 45 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on September 30, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as merchant and took America from Liverpool. James Lindsay, Jane Lindsay, aged 30, Born at sea Harriet Lindsay, 10 years old John Lindsay, 8 years old Martha-Jane Lindsay, 22 years old Letitia Lindsay, Williamj. Lindsay, aged 11 months old, Elizabeth Lindsay (18) Spinster, and 117 other Lindsay around 44.78% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, coachmaker, engineer, whitesmith, tailoress migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Belfast.

Lindsay Namesakes

  • In 2018 drama and fantasy flick, Field Study, Leah Lindsay characterized N.

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