Lansdowne
English
Etymology
Variant of Lansdown.
Proper noun
Lansdowne (countable and uncountable, plural Lansdownes)
- A surname.
- A city or town in Uttarakhand, India
- A village in New South Wales, Australia
- A town in Ontario, Canada
- A community in Yukon, Canada
- A census-designated place in Maryland
- A borough of Pennsylvania
- A census-designated place in Virginia
- An inner suburb of Bournemouth in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0991).
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lansdowne is the 34390th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 659 individuals. Lansdowne is most common among White (71.62%) and Black/African American (20.79%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lansdowne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 392.