Lunt is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lunt
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The family name Lunt is the variant form of Lundin. Of that Ilk in Scotland.

The lastname is the form of Lund. Lund is a well-known bishop's see and university in Sweden. A family of this name settled in Yorkshire from Nurem burg in the XVI century.

Surname Lunt is variation of Londe. Several places in Normandy bear the name of La Londe, particularly the great forest on the left bank of the Seine below Rouen.

Lunt is the variation of Lundstrom. Grove river.

Lunt is variation of Lundberg. Grove mountain.

Family name is the form of the Lund. Grove.

Family name is a variant of the Lounsbury. One who came from Londesborough, i.e., Lothen's fort, in Yorkshire.

Lunt is a form of Edlund. Heath grove.

Lastname Lunt is variant of London. One who came from Lombardia, county of the Longobardi and a province in Italy; a shopkeeper, from the fact that many from Lombardia set up shop in Sicily.

One who came from Lunt meaning "grove," situated in Lancashire.

The Lunt is variation of Lounde. See Lowndes - Came from launile, Old English for a forest-glade or lawn. In "Morte Arthure" this word is written loundes. The family claim to be of Norman origin.

Lunt is variant of Lunn. A corruption of Lund - Lund is a well-known bishop's see and university in Sweden. A family of this name settled in Yorkshire from Nurem burg in the XVI century

There are several localities so called in Lancashire and Yorkshire.

How popular is Lunt?

Lunt is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Wales, South Africa, New Zealand.

Lunt is ranked 52637 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lunt bearers increased by 6.63 per cent in 2010 US census to 3025 since 2000, the surname slipped by 180 spots and ranked at 10593. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.15 95.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.78 2.15
Others 1.36 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.12 0.85
Lunt is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 9716 people have been found who wears Lunt as their family name. Lunt is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Lunt:
9,846 United States4,148
2,057 England4,006
Countries with hundreds of Lunt:
6,885 Australia478
15,033 Canada251
1,951 Wales172
33,202 South Africa148
5,839 New Zealand134
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
189,798 Indonesia37
6,387 Ireland35
122,173 Germany34
9,494 Scotland32
261,046 Thailand30
74,511 Malaysia16
63,831 Zimbabwe15
1,329 Isle of Man14
19,471 Estonia12
73,966 Belgium12
49,719 Switzerland11
27,512 United Arab Emirates11
126,214 Poland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
81,846 Netherlands10
30,726 Qatar9
321,660 France8
92,666 Spain7
462,339 Russia7
11,625 Northern Ireland7
55,549 Norway6
116,183 Sweden6
486,533 Brazil6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Jno. Lunt from Great Britain aboard the Ward Chipman from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in USA on June 5, 1849. Josh. Lunt, aged 40, 20 years old Richard Lunt, Ann Lunt (18) Milliner, 12 years old Martha Lunt, Susan Lunt, Catherine Lunt, aged 20, Ann Lunt, Eliza Lunt (13) Immigrant, are other Lunt that migrated to US.

From Germany

Mary Lunt worked as farmer and hailed from Germany. 20 years old embarked for USA from Antwerp on Henry Reed and arrived on June 6, 1856. 49 years old Anna Lunt, Augusta Lunt, Carl Lunt, aged 6, Of unknown age Claus Lunt, Johan Lunt (10), 11 years old Johanna Lunt, Max Lunt, aged 20, Laborer Frederick Lunt, and 4 other Lunt around 40% of whom were laborer migrated to US.

Lunt Namesakes

  • Horace Lunt, linguist working in the field of Slavic Studies
  • Alfred Lunt, Alfred Davis Lunt, Jr
  • Kenny Lunt, English retired professional footballer and current football coach

Lunt Namesakes

  • Horace Lunt, linguist working in the field of Slavic Studies
  • Alfred Lunt, Alfred Davis Lunt, Jr
  • Kenny Lunt, English retired professional footballer and current football coach

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