Lyle is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lyle
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lyle

How popular is Lyle?

Lyle is common in United States.

Lyle is ranked 21377 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lyle bearers increased by 1.86086 per cent in 2010 US census to 13192 since 2000, the surname slipped by 161 spots and ranked at 2731. The last name was found in around 45 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.29 84.77
Black 11.68 11.4
Hispanic or Latino 2.37 1.58
Others 2.32 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.69 0.46
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.36
Lyle is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 24173 people have been found who wears Lyle as their family name. Lyle is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,042 Grenada6
7,031 China6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
46,068 Philippines3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
1,118 Isle of Man2
993 Guernsey2
28,232 Morocco2
9,185 Hong Kong2
53,033 Nigeria1
9,498 Iceland1
3,275 Nepal1
8,181 Botswana1
880 Djibouti1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
29,046 Japan1
77,122 Sweden1
11,510 Oman1
169,904 Brazil1
91,024 Belgium1
2,190 Barbados1
15,162 Costa Rica1
16,283 Lithuania1
810,193 Indonesia1
9,116 Nicaragua1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
6,376 Singapore47
65,136 Spain25
28,338 Norway20
514,808 India14
78,557 Netherlands13
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,144 New Zealand88
72,056 Italy78
1,713 Guyana64
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Lyle:
3,967 Australia765
1,337 Scotland571
11,329 Mexico393
952 Northern Ireland334
996 Jamaica321
57,437 France171
2,662 Wales147
71,225 Germany134
5,943 Ecuador115
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Lyle:
3,653 England2,076
3,144 Canada1,505
4,540 South Africa1,443
Countries with ten thousands of Lyle:
2,575 United States15,579
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Agnes Lyle from Great Britain aboard the Governor Hinckley from Glasgow on October 26, 1848 during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 19 years old when she arrived in Massachusetts. John Lyle (19) Farmer, John Lyle, aged 50, Hanna Lyle, aged 45, Farmer Margt. Lyle, Jane Lyle, aged 10, 22 years old James Lyle, 45 years old William Lyle, U Lyle (40) , and 26 other Lyle around 37.5% of whom were farmer while others worked as weaver and servant, workman migrated to US from Belfast, Liverpool and Glasgow.

Lyle Namesakes

  • Adrienne Lyle, Equestrian
  • John Everett Lyle Streight, Military officer
  • Ailsa Lyle, Lew Hoad's mother
  • Jarrod Lyle, Golfer
  • William Lyle Allred, Author
  • Amalya Lyle Kearse, Judge
  • Hilliard Lyle, Olympic athlete
  • George Lyle Ashe, Politician
  • Jarrod Lyle, Golfer
  • Bam Lyle Heinlein, Robert A. Heinlein's mother

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