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The Lundy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,850 people carried this name — #2,439 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 14,158 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lundy surname

Irish and Scottish surname from a variant of Lundie.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lundy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 12 births for the Lundy name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 7
Connacht 4
Leinster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Lundy.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Marne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Marne 43
Ardennes 13
Hautes-Alpes 3
Paris 3
Vienne 3
Deux-Sèvres 2
Tarn-et-Garonne 1
Yonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Lundy in American newspapers,
1848–1912.

Newspaper page from Southern Christian Advocate carrying the name Lundy
Southern Christian Advocate 1848-06-30
Newspaper page from The Elk Advocate carrying the name Lundy
The Elk Advocate 1866-05-24
Newspaper page from Daily Public Ledger carrying the name Lundy
Daily Public Ledger 1912-02-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,784 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lundy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin Lundy
    Benjamin Lundy 1789–1839 · writer
  • William Lundy
    William Lundy 1848–1957
  • William Lundy
    William Lundy 1848–1957
  • Doreta Lundy d. 1893
  • Richard Lundy 1644–1738
  • Jean-Pierre Lundy 1809–1886 · merchant

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lundy is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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