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Surnames that begin with the letter L:

Lacy  (origin: Local) 

Lahey  (origin: Gaelic) 

Laird   

Lamb   

Lambourne   

Lamma  (origin: Welsh) 

Lamport  (origin: Cor. Br.) 

Lancaster  (origin: Local) 

Lander  (origin: Welsh) 

Landon  (origin: Cor. Br.) 

Landseer  (origin: Dutch.) 

Lane   

Langton  (origin: Local) 

Lanham   

Lanphear   

Lansing  (origin: Local Dutch.) 

Laraway;Larway  (origin: Fr.) 

Larkins   

Laroche;Laroque  (origin: Fr.) 

Larry   

Latimer   

Latton   

Laud   

Laura  (origin: Lat.) 

Laurel   

Lavender   

Laverock   

Lawless   

Lawley  (origin: Saxon.) 

Lawrence   

Laycock  (origin: Local) 

Learned  (origin: Local Gaelic.) 

Leavenworth  (origin: Local Welsh.) 

Lechmere  (origin: Local) 

Lee;Lea;Ley   

Legard  (origin: Nor. Fr.) 

Leicester   

Leigh;Legh  (origin: Local) 

Leir;Lear   

Leland  (origin: Local) 

Lennox  (origin: Gaelic. Local) 

Lent   

Leonard   

Leppard   

Leslie   

Lester;Leicester;Leycester  (origin: Local) 

Leven  (origin: Local) 

Levenworth  (origin: Welsh. Local) 

Levy  (origin: Heb.) 

Lewes  (origin: Local) 

Lewis   

Lewis   

Lewknor  (origin: Local) 

Lewthwaite;Lowthwaite  (origin: Anglo-Saxon.) 

Lightbody   

Lightfoot   

Lilienthal  (origin: Ger. Local) 

Lilly   

Lincoln  (origin: Local) 

Lind  (origin: Local Swedish, Sax., Dan., and Dutch.) 

Lindall  (origin: Local) 

Lindsay;Lindsey  (origin: Local) 

Ling  (origin: Teutonic.) 

Linn;Linne  (origin: Local) 

Linton  (origin: Local) 

Lippencot  (origin: Local) 

Lismore  (origin: Local) 

Litchfield   

Littler   

Livermore  (origin: Welsh.) 

Livingstone  (origin: Local) 

Lizard  (origin: Gaelic. Local) 

Lobdale  (origin: Gaelic. Local) 

Logan  (origin: Gaelic.) 

Lonsdale  (origin: Local) 

Loomis;Lommis  (origin: Welsh. Local) 

Lord   

Loudoun   

Loughlin   

Louis  (origin: Fr.) 

Lovel   

Lower   

Lowry;Loury   

Lucius  (origin: Lat.) 

Lucretia  (origin: Lat.) 

Lucy  (origin: Lat.) 

Ludlow  (origin: Local) 

Lumley  (origin: Gaelic and Welsh.) 

Lusk;Losce  (origin: Welsh.) 

Luther   

Lydia  (origin: Greek.) 

Lynch   


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