Lightbourne

English

Alternative forms

• Lightbourn, Lightburn

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, possibly from Old English lēoht (“bright, clear, light”) + burna (“stream”).

Proper noun

Lightbourne (plural Lightbournes)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lightbourne is the 38582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Lightbourne is most common among Black/African American (72.95%) and White (14.14%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lightbourne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 437.