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The lonsdale Surname

lonsdale Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and southern Cumbria, named in Old English as Lunesdæl, from the river name Lune + dæl ‘valley’. This ancient British river name is the same as in the first element in Lancaster, through which city the river runs.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lonsdale family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of lonsdale Families in the US in 1920
Number of lonsdale families
 14-26
 5-13		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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