Livingston

in Texas

There are 2,636 people with the last name "Livingston" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Livingston 882
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  1. is 878th most common Bolton
  2. is 879th most common Merritt
  3. is 880th most common Barrientos
  4. is 881st most common Erwin
  5. is 882nd most common Livingston
  6. is 883rd most common Maddox
  7. is 884th most common Nix
  8. is 885th most common Salgado
  9. is 886th most common Cameron

Most Common First Names for Livingston

James, John, Robert, David, Michael, Mark, Mary, Richard, William



Meaning & History

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston, from an owner called Levin (see Lewin 1), who appears in charters of David I in the early 12th century.

Irish: name adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe (see Dunleavy).

Americanized form of Jewish Lowenstein.

FOREBEARS This is the name of an influential family of colnial and postcolonial America. The founder was Robert Livingston (16541728), who was taken by his father to the Netherlands, where he grew up bilingual. This gave him a particular advantage in the former territory of New Netherland, to which he emigrated in 1673. Among other offices, he held that of commissioner of Indian affairs. He married Alida Schuyler, widow of Nicolaes van Rensselaer, which gave him access to the highest and most influential families of NY. He acquired huge land holdings along the Hudson River, upon which he served as lord of the manor. His grandsons were Philip (171678), who signed the Declaration of Independence, and William (172390), first governor of NJ, who was a signer of the Constitution. A great-grandson, Robert R. Livingston (17461813), as minister to France, negotiated the purchase of LA in 1803.


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