Lumsden
English
Etymology
The town in Newfoundland is named after Methodist minister James Lumsden (1854 - 1915).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʌmz.dən/
- Hyphenation: Lums‧den
- Rhymes: -ʌmzdən
Proper noun
Lumsden (countable and uncountable, plural Lumsdens)
- A surname.
- A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4722).
- A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [From 1915]
- Synonym: Cat Harbour (historical)
- A town in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A small town in Southland, New Zealand. [1]
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lumsden is the 12156th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2563 individuals. Lumsden is most common among White (81.7%) and Black/African American (11.98%) individuals.
References
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