Labounty History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France
England

Noble surnames, such as Labounty, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Labounty, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Picardy. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.

Early Origins of the Labounty family

The surname Labounty was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie.)

Early History of the Labounty family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Labounty research. The years 1766, 1792, 1796, 1830 and 1848 are included under the topic Early Labounty History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Labounty Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Labonte, Labonté, Bonté, Bonte, Delabonté, Delabonte and many more.

Early Notables of the Labounty family

Notable amongst the family name at this period was Michel-Louis-Joseph Bonté, who was a Baron and a general. Born in 1766 in Coutances, where his father was a doctor, he entered the service as a second lieutenant in the army of Côtes in 1792, was promoted to lieutenant, and throughout his career participated in the armies of Moselle, Sambre-et-Meuse, Vendée, l'Ouest, and finally, of England until 1796. He was a Lieutenant-colonel then a...
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Labounty Ranking

In the United States, the name Labounty is the 16,468^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Labounty migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Labounty Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Richard LaBounty, who landed in Arkansas in 1890 2

Labounty Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Joseph E. LaBounty, aged 64, who immigrated to Glens Falls, N.Y., in 1918

Contemporary Notables of the name Labounty (post 1700) +

Kelly Blair LaBounty (b. 1970), retired American track and field Olympic athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics, inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame (2011)
Matthew LaBounty (b. 1969), former American NFL football defensive end from San Francisco, California
Bill LaBounty, American musician and singer-songwriter

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)