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There are approximately 4,495 people named Lennox in the UK. That makes it the 2,341th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 71 are named Lennox.

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 Lennox surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Gaelic. Local) From the County of Lennox, Scotland. The original name was Leven-ach, the field on the Leven, from the river Leven, which flows through the county, called in Latin Levinia. The river was so called from Llyfn, in the Welsh, which signifies a smooth, placid stream. Leven-achs, for a while spelt and written Levenax, and finally Lennox. Arkil, a Saxon, a baron of Northumbria, who took refuge from the vengeance of the Norman William under the protection of Malcom Canmore, appears to have been the founder of the Lennox family.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LENNOX. The ancient county of Dinnbarton, Scotland, once mucli more extensive than now. The original name of the district was Leven-ach, ' the field of the Leven,' and designated not the basin only of that river, hut also of Loch-Lomond, once called Loch-Leven. Levenachs came to he the name applied to the extensive possessions of the powerful Earls of the soil, and hence Levenax and Lennox. Imp. Gaz. of Scotland.

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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