Luton Family History
Luton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the place in Bedfordshire (named in
Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tun) on the (river)
Lea’), or, more plausibly in view of the pattern of
distribution, from Luton in Devon (near Teignmouth), named in Old
English as ‘Leofgifu’s settlement’ (from an Old English female
personal name composed of the elements leof ‘dear’,
‘beloved’ + gifu ‘gift’). A further possible source of the name
is Luton in Kent, named as the ‘settlement of Leofa’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Luton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Luton families
 25 - 47  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Luton families
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41 - 79 14 - 40 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Luton families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Luton census records
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Luton Family Origin
Luton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Luton
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Luton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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