Lanyon Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 293
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 18
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 24
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 3
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Lanyon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lanyon family

Profession Census Frequency
Copper Miner 13
Farmer 9
Independent 9
Male Servant 7
Miner 7
At The Miner 6
Female Servant 6
Agricultural Labourer 5
Surgeon 4
Ag Labourer 3
Apprentice 3
Carpenter 3
Labourer 3
Shoe Maker 3
Char Woman 2
Dress Maker 2
Fisher 2
Mason 2
Mine Agent 2
Ore Dresser 2
Painter 2
Shipwright 2
Hawker 2
Fam Servant 1
Paviour 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lanyon

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lanyon 241
John Lanyon 222
William Lanyon 215
Elizabeth Lanyon 173
Thomas Lanyon 112
James Lanyon 110
Ann Lanyon 72
Richard Lanyon 69
Jane Lanyon 59
Samuel Lanyon 51
Caroline Lanyon 49
Charles Lanyon 44
Emily Lanyon 42
Henry Lanyon 42
Eliza Lanyon 41
Sarah Lanyon 40
George Lanyon 38
Joseph Lanyon 38
Alfred Lanyon 37
Alice Lanyon 36
Edward Lanyon 36
Annie Lanyon 33
Emma Lanyon 33
Robert Lanyon 32
Frederick Lanyon 31

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