Lyons is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Lyons?

Lyons is common in England.

Lyons is ranked 3650 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lyons bearers increased by 2.745022 per cent in 2010 US census to 84516 since 2000, the surname slipped by 30 spots and ranked at 369. The last name was found in around 286 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.88 76.88
Black 19.17 18.55
Hispanic or Latino 2.34 1.51
Others 2.1 1.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.01 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0.45
Lyons is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 149095 people have been found who wears Lyons as their family name. Lyons is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
4,565 Nicaragua8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
1,346 Bermuda6
2,028 Vietnam5
7,113 Costa Rica5
607,991 Indonesia5
812 Monaco5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
2,537 Afghanistan4
32,695 Nigeria3
4,138 Bahrain3
3,752 Iraq3
20,541 Peru3
2,720 South Korea3
10,762 Hungary3
41,879 Turkey2
1,118 Isle of Man2
7,574 Bangladesh2
37,372 Georgia2
1,235 Belize2
10,183 Jordan2
20,186 Kenya2
10,284 Kuwait2
6,266 Luxembourg2
12,844 Pakistan2
44,018 Poland2
89,020 Tanzania2
15,999 Slovakia2
37,779 Serbia1
318 Montserrat1
19,533 Uruguay1
317 Norfolk Island1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
2,024 Mongolia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
25,721 Egypt1
16,283 Lithuania1
2,078 Lesotho1
1,819 Laos1
1,254 Gibraltar1
9,498 Iceland1
531 Greenland1
10,683 Cyprus1
11,510 Oman1
2,190 Barbados1
19,810 Croatia1
13,447 Uganda1
97 Tuvalu1
16,228 Bulgaria1
5,589 Sudan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
2,578 Guam1
36,814 Romania1
7,941 Guatemala1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
33,012 Belgium45
20,103 Norway33
11,444 Portugal28
1,650 China28
595 Jersey28
352,052 India27
1,056 The Bahamas21
353,279 Russia19
3,578 Japan19
886 United States Virgin Islands18
1,286 Malta16
272 British Virgin Islands15
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
19,607 Greece98
28,801 Netherlands84
7,203 Denmark84
12,704 Sweden73
13,232 Chile63
298 Grenada61
1,635 Thailand60
11,009 Finland60
Countries with hundreds of Lyons:
448 Jamaica875
455 Wales790
8,350 Mexico602
3,695 Colombia559
27,752 Philippines451
22,264 France441
601 Trinidad and Tobago364
5,220 Israel212
1,693 Panama212
15,949 Spain204
26,800 Argentina194
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
56,243 Brazil175
7,350 Switzerland162
6,068 United Arab Emirates161
1,581 Hong Kong154
11,447 Malaysia152
9,948 Austria131
2,709 Singapore130
56,111 Italy123
Countries with thousands of Lyons:
305 Australia9,082
70 Ireland8,118
756 Canada6,546
2,614 South Africa2,484
538 Scotland1,608
7,991 Germany1,210
283 Northern Ireland1,204
628 New Zealand1,065
Countries with ten thousands of Lyons:
341 United States94,590
422 England15,735
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Marcela Lyons was 25 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 11, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as maid and took Georgia from Liverpool. Dennis Lyons, aged 25, Weaver Hannah Lyons, Cathe. Lyons, aged 25, Workman Luke Lyons, Workwoman Nancy Lyons, Workman Thomas Lyons, Spinster Mary Lyons, 25 years old Michael Lyons, and 879 other Lyons around 47.97% of whom were workman while others worked as weaver and spinster, farmer, tailoress, shoemaker, mechanic, dressmaker, carpenter, seamstress, mason, sailor, gardner/grower migrated to US.

Comments

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Aaron Shankles
Lyons is a rare surname, designated the native lyons-la- drill, Eure place name.

Lyons Namesakes

  • Bonnie Lyons, Writer
  • Algernon Islay de Courcy Lyons, Novelist
  • Joseph Lyons, Former Premier of Tasmania
  • Cliff Lyons, Rugby league lock
  • Leanne "Lelee" Lyons, Singer
  • Leanne "Lelee" Lyons, Singer
  • Kevin Lyons, Australian Politician
  • Deb Lyons, Singer-songwriter
  • Algernon Islay de Courcy Lyons, Novelist
  • C. J. Lyons, Writer
  • Matthew M Lyons, from 0 drama flick Stitchez: Heartbroken, who characterized Jakob maxwell.
  • Jack Lyons portrayed critical role of Gangster in 2015 action and adventure movie Intimate Enemies.
  • Matthew Lyons played leading character of Matt in 2016 comedy, drama movie Stitchez: My 10th Grade Year.
  • In 2019, Jordun Lyons played the role of Darren in horror movie Blood of Drago.
  • In 2018, Mark Lyons played the role of Joseph in drama movie 5 Doors.
  • In 2013, Christina Lyons portrayed the role of Kelly in comedy flick Romance.
  • In 2012, Emily George Lyons played the role of Emily in comedy, family film Move Me.
  • Denis Lyons portrayed the key character of Dmitri in 2015 adventure and comedy movie Adventurados.
  • Melanie Lyons played the pivotal role of Laura Hawkins in 2012 horror and sci-fi film Tape 407.

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