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

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

How popular is Lyon?

Lyon is common in United States.

Lyon is ranked 8256 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lyon bearers increased by 1.29129 per cent in 2010 US census to 27690 since 2000, the surname slipped by 96 spots and ranked at 1271. The last name was found in around 94 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.83 93.57
Black 2.99 2.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.49
Others 1.59 1.17
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.42
Lyon is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 65643 people have been found who wears Lyon as their family name. Lyon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
839 South Korea10
15,185 Nigeria9
9,568 Thailand8
28,661 Serbia8
527,030 Indonesia7
2,403 Vietnam4
114,007 Czech Republic4
18,114 Algeria3
662 New Caledonia3
1,848 Madagascar2
2,151 Fiji2
28,232 Morocco2
14,408 Uruguay2
4,249 Cambodia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
353 Cook Islands1
7,110 Bosnia1
1,179 Swaziland1
1,970 Grenada1
10,958 Bangladesh1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,493 Austria1
6,820 Angola1
2,374 Bermuda1
7,847 Albania1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
10,683 Cyprus1
58,885 Poland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
9,591 Panama1
17,768 Pakistan1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,196 Liberia1
5,916 Mozambique1
24,176 Qatar1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,057 Isle of Man1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
3,993 El Salvador1
2,613 The Bahamas1
25,746 Finland1
692 Guinea1
11,923 Slovenia1
9,498 Iceland1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
34,765 Zimbabwe35
20,103 Norway33
4,162 Trinidad and Tobago29
1,742 China26
49,545 Belarus20
3,212 Costa Rica20
3,830 Luxembourg20
29,040 Denmark15
536,142 India13
5,153 Japan12
3,940 Nicaragua11
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,606 Peru100
50,341 Ukraine99
6,636 Ecuador92
19,740 Romania84
6,029 Portugal74
45,171 Tanzania73
4,526 Singapore71
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
5,083 Ireland66
3,129 Northern Ireland60
17,264 Israel59
3,881 Hong Kong59
37,331 Netherlands58
Countries with hundreds of Lyon:
17,160 Brazil763
985 New Zealand722
18,206 Germany572
27,752 Philippines451
12,518 Mexico340
1,197 Jamaica250
22,208 Argentina239
1,747 Wales226
6,220 Tunisia198
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
6,960 Switzerland171
46,207 Italy168
11,447 Malaysia152
31,070 Turkey140
87,828 Russia139
8,668 Hungary131
7,185 Sweden131
22,264 Spain129
14,304 Belgium126
9,561 Colombia105
Countries with thousands of Lyon:
965 England7,857
1,526 France4,445
1,023 Australia3,049
1,826 Canada2,771
1,036 Chile1,646
4,119 South Africa1,589
1,725 Venezuela1,455
585 Scotland1,444
Countries with ten thousands of Lyon:
1,086 United States34,733
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Pat Lyon was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Lady Huntley from Liverpool. 27 years old James Lyon, John Lyon (20) Farmer, Mary Lyon (20) Maid, Alley Lyon, aged 24, Cathe. Lyon (20) Immigrant, John Lyon (20) Workman, John Lyon (22) Workman, Margt. Lyon (35) Maid, and 103 other Lyon around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster migrated to US.

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Belkis Martelli
Lyon is a rare surname, designated the native of Lyon, Rhone place name.

Lyon Namesakes

  • Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, Politician
  • John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton, Author
  • Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
  • Bonnie Lyons, Writer
  • Algernon Islay de Courcy Lyons, Novelist
  • Allyson Lyon, Nick Lyon's wife
  • Joseph Lyons, Former Premier of Tasmania
  • Amber Lyon, Journalist
  • Annabel Lyon, Novelist
  • Anne-Catherine Lyon, Politician
  • Freeman Lyon characterized vital character of Ryan in 2016 drama, thriller flick Break-Up Nightmare.
  • In 2018, Austin Lyon played the role of John in drama, romance film Monsoon.
  • In 2012, Tori Lyon played the role of Marilyn in drama movie Betterthandead.
  • In 2012 drama and horror flick, Paranormal Adoption, Marina Lyon portrayed Lynn Thomas.

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