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LINDSAY

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There are approximately 22,710 people named Lindsay in the UK. That makes it the 447th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 359 are named Lindsay.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
From given name or forename

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The Lindsay surname in historical dictionaries

LINDSAY. This distinguished family, who boasted of twenty Earls of Crawford, extending from the year 1398 to 1808, and whose deeds have been recorded by a noble member of the house, in his " Lives of the Lindsays," were in all probability of English origin, and the name appears to have been derived from the divisiou of the county of Lincoln still called the " Parts of Lindsey," though some genealogists deduce it from the manor of Lindsey in Essex.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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