The lum Surname
lum Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and West Yorkshire called Lumb, both apparently originally named with Old English lum(m) ‘pool’. The word is not independently attested, but appears also in Lomax and Lumley, and may be reflected in the dialect term lum denoting a well for collecting water in a mine. In some instances the name may be topographical for someone who lived by a pool, Middle English lum(m).
- English: variant of Lamb.
- Chinese
: variant of Lin 1. - Chinese
: possibly a variant of Lan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Search for lum records
More resources for your lum family history
Lum message board
Threads: 58 - Messages: 176
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Chinese surname Lum | Lynette Lum | 9 |
| lum ancestors | michelle scott | 8 |
| William Lum/Samual Lum | K. Andry | 21 |
| David Lum, Isreal Lum, Matilda Duval |
 bamharr981
| 5 |
| Erastus Lum and Pauline Wise | Linda K. Gill | 8 |
| Lum Family Genealogy Book |
ahankosk1427
| 0 |
| Michael Lum in Cecil County | Bruce McKinney | 15 |
| David Lum's family |
creese97
| 5 |
| Lum Family in New Jersey/ New York | William Lum Zabriskie | 4 |
| Lum Mailing List at Rootsweb |
melissamorgankline
| 0 |
Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?
A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.
Begin your family tree with your name:
The lum name in History
A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lum family name as far back in history as possible.
Member Connections
- Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the lum last name.
- Search for Ancestry members researching one of your specific ancestors.
- Create or update your own Ancestry member profile so that other members can anonymously contact you.
More Tools and Resources
- Search Ancestry.com for all of your lum ancestors.
- Create and publish your own family history book using Ancestry Press.
- Learn more about your family history using DNA Ancestry.
- Learn more about family history in the Ancestry Learning Center.
- Visit the Ancestry.com homepage.