Luton Family History
Luton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the place in Bedfordshire (named in
Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tun) on the (river)
Lea’), or, more plausibly in view of the pattern of
distribution, from Luton in Devon (near Teignmouth), named in Old
English as ‘Leofgifu’s settlement’ (from an Old English female
personal name composed of the elements leof ‘dear’,
‘beloved’ + gifu ‘gift’). A further possible source of the name
is Luton in Kent, named as the ‘settlement of Leofa’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Luton
Name Distribution of Luton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Luton families
 41 - 79  14 - 40 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Luton families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Luton census records
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Luton Family Origin
Luton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Luton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Luton
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