Lyman is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lyman
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lyman

How popular is Lyman?

Lyman is common in United States.

Lyman is ranked 29998 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lyman bearers increased by 1.735717 per cent in 2010 US census to 11664 since 2000, the surname slipped by 204 spots and ranked at 3079. The last name was found in around 40 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.6 89.98
Black 3.8 3.71
Others 2.73 2.19
Hispanic or Latino 2.51 1.76
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.47 1.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9 0.77
Lyman is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Palau is ahead in terms of density. Around 16793 people have been found who wears Lyman as their family name. Lyman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
9,568 Thailand8
82,942 Zimbabwe8
46,068 Philippines3
1,219,338 India3
661,536 Indonesia3
118,441 Germany2
82,478 South Africa2
4,367 Afghanistan2
50,640 Switzerland2
19,046 Ireland2
40,064 Nigeria2
24,766 Scotland2
91,784 Netherlands2
40,256 Mexico2
169,904 Brazil1
215 Palau1
591 Samoa1
29,046 Japan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
14,373 Jordan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
37,493 Austria1
58,885 Poland1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
16,226 New Zealand33
4,356 Trinidad and Tobago27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
15,050 Singapore18
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
142,739 Russia72
9,807 Denmark59
37,137 Australia58
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Lyman:
7,018 Canada599
13,711 England430
14,281 Ukraine399
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with ten thousands of Lyman:
2,731 United States14,716
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old workman John Lyman who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on November 6, 1848 by Columbus put out from Liverpool. Michael Lyman (18) Workman, John Lyman, aged 30, Workwoman U Lyman, Rich. Lyman, aged 60, 20 years old Margt. Lyman, 40 years old Mary Lyman, Martin Lyman (15) Immigrant, Thomas Lyman, aged 66, and 27 other Lyman around 52.94% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Lyman Namesakes

  • Abe Lyman, Film star
  • Henry Lyman, Poet
  • William Lyman, Former United States Representative
  • H. Lyman Broening, Cinematographer
  • Dustin Lyman, Football player
  • Ella Lyman Cabot, Author
  • Harold Lyman Ryan, Attorney
  • Mel Lyman, Musician
  • Arthur Lyman, Bass
  • Dorothy Lyman, Television actress
  • Scott Lyman characterized central character of Paddy in 2012 drama, romance movie Let's Be Out, The Sun Is Shining.

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