How Many People Have the Last Name Lyon?
people had the surname Lyon in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 10,650 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+353 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Lyon (91.8%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Lyon ranks #948. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Lyon grew from 27,337 people in 2000 to 27,690 in 2010 (up 1.3%), and its rank fell from #1,175 to #1,271. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 10.13 to 9.39 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 27,337 | 27,690 |
| Rank | #1,175 | #1,271 |
| Per 100,000 people | 10.13 | 9.39 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Lyon
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Lyon: L500
👤 Lyon as a First Name
Lyon is a first name too: about 945 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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