Lander - Landers

R-ZP147 kits plus Lander Landers Linder Linders etc
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Lander surname is found has its highest concentration in Langton Matravers, Dorset. Its main spread is in South West England, the West Midlands, Cambridgeshire and London. It is found in highest concentrations in Cornwall, Cambridgeshire particularly Grantchester, Dorset, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Mere in Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire< Leicestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Durham, Sussex, London and Surrey.   In GB there are three times as many Lander as Landers. Landers has a very similar spread to Lander suggesting a common origin. It occurs in Northumberland, Gloucestershire, Kent, Nottinghamshire,  Durham, Staffordshire, Barugh in Yorkshire, London and Surrey. In the Borders it occurs in Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. Many more Landers come from Continental Europe. Arthur in 1857 suggested the names derive from the Cornish for church glebe lands or lands containing ore. Whilst this might fit Cornwall/Devon it can hardly fit the rest of England. Reaney and Wilson  1958/1997 suggest 'one who washes'. I think it is word drift from Langdon/Langton meaning a long hill where Lang has drifted to the more recognisable Land. If you are a Lander or Landers or similar. Please test Y37 and join the project.  
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