Lye is used as a family name or surname in Malaysia. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lye
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Malaysia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lye

How popular is Lye?

Lye is common in Malaysia.

Lye is ranked 24969 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lyes grew by 10.12658 per cent to 435 since 2000 and ranked 48530 after elevating 1339 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.52 64.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 26.67 25.32
Others 3.22 4.05
Black 2.53 3.8
Lye is quite popular family name mostly used in Malaysia while Singapore is ahead in terms of density. Around 20505 people have been found who wears Lye as their family name. Lye is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
96,935 Spain10
318,252 Ukraine6
8,040 Guyana6
5,909 Bangladesh3
18,625 Japan2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
900 Laos2
883 Macau2
19,046 Ireland2
50,640 Switzerland2
5,936 Bahrain2
3,952 Yemen1
28,746 Algeria1
13,606 Senegal1
50,549 Georgia1
4,249 Cambodia1
7,292 Vietnam1
29,774 Venezuela1
165,773 Belarus1
42,479 Greece1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
6,212 Jamaica1
2,211 Brunei1
2,935 Madagascar1
56,169 Mexico1
38,830 Morocco1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
66,560 Philippines1
24,176 Qatar1
7,895 South Korea1
91,024 Belgium1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
49,101 Denmark1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
1,560 China30
258,559 Indonesia24
7,162 Thailand15
78,557 Netherlands13
536,142 India13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
10,531 Norway72
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
8,082 Scotland59
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Lye:
3,850 Australia787
47,815 United States561
9,399 Canada426
2,749 New Zealand277
1,368 Taiwan232
1,196 Hong Kong214
2,337 Wales169
59,024 Germany168
Countries with thousands of Lye:
182 Singapore3,194
1,557 Sri Lanka1,695
6,060 England1,167
Countries with ten thousands of Lye:
369 Malaysia11,054
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 23 years old workman Patrick Lye who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on April 28, 1847 by Virginian put out from Liverpool.

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Lye is a rare surname, designated the native of lye, two-sevres place name.

Lye Namesakes

  • Aleyn Lyell Reade, Author
  • James Lye, Television actor
  • Charles Lyell, Lawyer
  • Omar Lye-Fook, Singer
  • Bix Lye, Sculptor
  • David Lye, Cricket Player
  • Charles Henry Lyell, British Politician
  • Charles Lyell, Lawyer
  • Deirdre Lyell, Professor
  • Omar Lye-Fook, Singer

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