as a Last Name
- 7,924
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Lightfoot
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly northern England, especially Liverpool): nickname for a messenger or for a fast runner, from Middle English lyght ‘light’, ‘nimble’, ‘quick’ (Old English līoht) + fote ‘foot’.
| 3,887th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,924
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Lightfoot per capita
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