Explore the Family Name Lymburner

The meaning of Lymburner

English and Scottish: occupational name for a lime-burner, a maker of lime by burning limestone, from Old English līm + an agent-noun derivative of Old English beornan or Old Norse brenna ‘to burn’. This surname has died out in Britain.

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How common is the last name Lymburner in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lymburner's popularity has slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Lymburner was ranked as the 77,742nd most popular surname in the United States. By 2010, it had fallen to the 87,335th position, marking a decline of roughly 12.34%. The overall count of individuals carrying this surname also decreased from 229 in 2000 to 213 in 2010, indicating a drop of nearly 7%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#77,742	#87,335	-12.34%
Count	229	213	-6.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lymburner

When looking at the ethnicity associated with the Lymburner surname, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals notable changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, nearly all (96.51%) of those bearing the Lymburner surname identified as White. By 2010, this percentage had dipped slightly to 93.43%. The census also recorded some diversification in the ethnic identity of the Lymburners over this decade. While there were no recorded instances of people with this surname identifying as Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2000, by 2010 there were both Hispanic individuals (2.82%) and those identifying with two or more races (2.35%) carrying the Lymburner name.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.51%	93.43%	-3.19%
Hispanic	0%	2.82%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	2.35%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%