Lions is used as a family name or surname in Brazil. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lions
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Brazil
Meaning: The family name is carried in the Southeast. It is an ancient baptismal name equivalent Leonce (Latin Leontius), popularized especially by a bishop of Frejus. A joint of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is called Saint-Lions.

How popular is Lions?

Lions is common in Brazil.

Lions is ranked 99881 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lionses plummeted by 12.25627 per cent to 315 since 2000 and slipped by 9469 spots and ranked at 63373. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 58.41 63.51
Black 28.89 29.81
Hispanic or Latino 7.3 2.51
Others 2.86 1.67
Lions is quite popular family name mostly used in France while British Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 4197 people have been found who wears Lions as their family name. Lions is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,329 Pakistan3
1,644 Nepal3
6,270 Hong Kong3
35,184 Poland3
78,945 Argentina3
14,126 Colombia3
14,054 China3
14,521 Portugal2
91,784 Netherlands2
28,232 Morocco2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
24,766 Scotland2
21,529 Singapore2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
10,183 Jordan2
82,478 South Africa2
41,879 Turkey2
54,641 Sweden2
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
18,969 Wales1
29,774 Venezuela1
151,601 Spain1
174,544 Czech Republic1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
123,175 Tanzania1
31,584 Peru1
53,033 Nigeria1
5,589 Sudan1
91,024 Belgium1
1,879 Belize1
799 British Virgin Islands1
2,211 Brunei1
6,033 Benin1
25,721 Egypt1
6,149 Ethiopia1
25,746 Finland1
17,236 Ghana1
692 Guinea1
49,529 Israel1
28,365 Kenya1
6,967 Macedonia1
2,309 Monaco1
5,924 Paraguay1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
255,161 India47
70,431 Canada41
8,504 Ireland33
23,914 Denmark20
26,722 New Zealand14
411,400 Indonesia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Lions:
9,937 Mexico471
64,684 United States388
15,306 Australia175
46,207 Italy168
36,041 England118
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Lions:
6,285 France1,372
12,195 Brazil1,113
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Cathr. Lions worked as farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 19 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Messenger and arrived on June 5, 1846. Pat Lions (30) Workman, U Lions, U Lions (Born at sea) Infant, 25 years old Bend. Lions, Bridget Lions, aged 22, Margt. Lions, aged 23, Workman Cornelius Lions, Mary Lions, aged 24, are other Lions that migrated to US.

Comments

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Isobel Self
Lions is a rare surname, represents the place name of lyons-la-forest origin, located in the Eure.

Lions Namesakes

  • Philippe Matic-Arnauld de Lions, Musical Artist
  • Seven Lions, Record producer
  • Pierre-Louis Lions, Mathematician
  • Seven Lions, Record producer
  • Jacques-Louis Lions, Mathematician
  • Seven Lions, Record producer
  • Seven Lions, Record producer
  • Jacques-Louis Lions, Mathematician
  • Pierre-Louis Lions, Mathematician
  • Seven Lions, Record producer
  • Philippe Matic-Arnauld des Lions characterized vital role of Beobachter F.N. in 0 comedy and drama flick Die Höhenluft - für Alle und Keinen.

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