Lyall is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lyall
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lyall

How popular is Lyall?

Lyall is common in Scotland.

Lyall is ranked 44365 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lyalls plummeted by 1.403743 per cent to 1475 since 2000 and slipped by 1253 spots and ranked at 18648. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.41 90.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.47 3.94
Hispanic or Latino 3.25 2.41
Others 2.85 1.34
Black 0.61 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0
Lyall is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 10882 people have been found who wears Lyall as their family name. Lyall is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,215 Germany3
70,383 Tanzania3
108,034 Italy3
9,500 Ghana3
9,185 Hong Kong2
50,640 Switzerland2
10,183 Jordan2
91,784 Netherlands2
993 Guernsey2
7,191 Afghanistan1
897,276 Russia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
40,340 Malaysia1
16,073 Latvia1
30,360 Thailand1
53,033 Nigeria1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
810,193 Indonesia1
91,024 Belgium1
2,374 Bermuda1
169,904 Brazil1
24,176 Qatar1
492,292 Ukraine1
12,741 Ecuador1
77,122 Sweden1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,570 Ireland38
8,214 Singapore35
17,489 Denmark30
21,901 Chile27
699 Isle of Man21
80,054 Spain18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Lyall:
4,883 Canada910
6,641 Pakistan754
8,131 Kenya628
1,350 New Zealand544
11,889 South Africa530
79,820 India305
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
36,751 Argentina134
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Lyall:
3,312 England2,323
17,502 United States1,876
2,645 Australia1,175
778 Scotland1,063
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Lyall Namesakes

  • Mark Lyall Grant, Diplomat
  • Beatrix Lyall, Politician
  • Duncan Lyall Burn, Author
  • Alfred Comyn Lyall, Poet
  • James Lyall Sharp, Diplomat
  • Gavin Lyall, Author
  • Geordie Lyall, Soccer player
  • Gavin Lyall, Author
  • Graeme Lyall, Composer
  • Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian Politician

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