Lightfoot
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English
Etymology
From light + foot, a nickname for a messenger of fast runner.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lightfoot (countable and uncountable, plural Lightfoots)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lightfoot is the 4109th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8634 individuals. Lightfoot is most common among White (59.5%) and Black/African American (30.3%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lightfoot”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 437.