Lydon is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Lydon?

Lydon is common in Ireland.

Lydon is ranked 52204 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lydon bearers increased by 2.531328 per cent in 2010 US census to 4091 since 2000, the surname slipped by 411 spots and ranked at 8103. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.43 96.94
Hispanic or Latino 1.69 1.2
Others 0.86 0.65
Black 0.44 0.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.42 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0.33
Lydon is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9040 people have been found who wears Lydon as their family name. Lydon 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
54,135 Philippines2
65,594 Belgium2
34,681 Norway2
10,284 Kuwait2
21,562 Portugal1
30,360 Thailand1
10,190 Bahrain1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
11,486 Estonia1
120,357 Argentina1
53,033 Nigeria1
12,745 Luxembourg1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
11,510 Oman1
5,553 Taiwan1
81,201 Switzerland1
7,895 South Korea1
7,191 Afghanistan1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
66,739 Spain24
353,279 Russia19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
2,536 Northern Ireland83
56,973 South Africa73
5,257 Wales68
10,776 New Zealand62
Countries with hundreds of Lydon:
12,256 Australia225
3,011 Scotland217
21,848 Canada162
Countries with thousands of Lydon:
7,265 United States5,225
4,400 England1,683
684 Ireland1,048
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Lydon worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Caledonia and arrived on April 2, 1849. Workman Patrick Lydon, James Lydon (25) Workman, Judy Lydon (22) Spinster, Judy Lydon, Workman John Lydon, Bridgt. Lydon, aged 17, Workwoman Ellen Lydon, 5 years old Patt Lydon, and 23 other Lydon around 63.64% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Galway and Limerick.

Lydon Namesakes

  • Alexandra Lydon, Actress
  • Ariane Lydon, Musical Artist
  • Joe Lydon, Boxer
  • John Lydon, Singer-songwriter
  • Jimmy Lydon, Film actor
  • Ghislaine Lydon, Author
  • Danielle Lydon, Film actress
  • Jimmy Lydon, Film actor
  • John Lydon, Singer-songwriter
  • John Lydon, Singer-songwriter

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