Lion 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 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 4
Gloucestershire 6
Hampshire 9
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 17
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 26
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 32
London 78
Middlesex 6
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 20
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 19
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 17

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Lion Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lion family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 43
Agricultural Labourer 31
House Servant 8
Labourer 5
House Keeper 4
Carter 3
Shepherd 3
Shoe Binder 2
British Agricultural 2
Boat Man 2
Servant 2
Agricultural Labourer Wife 2
Butcher 2
Coat Maker 2
Shoe Manufacturer 2
Laundress 2
Painter & Glazier 1
Plastere Painter & Glazier 1
Foot Man 1
Boot &shoe Maker 1
Brick Maker 1
Cutlery Merchant 1
General Servant 1
Gentleman 1
Laundry Maid 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lion

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lion 105
William Lion 91
John Lion 78
Elizabeth Lion 52
Thomas Lion 52
Sarah Lion 50
James Lion 47
George Lion 45
Ann Lion 39
Joseph Lion 38
Charles Lion 27
Jane Lion 24
Hannah Lion 22
Richard Lion 22
Henry Lion 20
Ellen Lion 19
Emma Lion 18
Robert Lion 18
Alexander Lion 17
Maria Lion 16
Eliza Lion 15
Samuel Lion 15
Catherine Lion 14
Margaret Lion 14
Martha Lion 14

Lion Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lane 25% 150,628
2 Lyon 75% 31,931
3 Line 50% 10,706
4 Lean 50% 9,447
5 Lone 50% 3,303
6 Laine 40% 2,034
7 Leon 75% 1,929
8 Lion 100% 1,602
9 Alen 25% 1,362
10 Luin 50% 1,332
11 Lain 50% 1,310
12 Elen 25% 1,072
13 Loan 50% 631
14 Lan 50% 472
15 Lyan 50% 467
16 Elan 25% 466
17 Luna 25% 376
18 Loon 75% 351
19 Lune 25% 342
20 Leane 40% 327
21 Loane 40% 276
22 Laan 50% 272
23 Loone 60% 265
24 Alan 25% 262
25 Leen 50% 256
26 Leno 25% 215
27 Lonie 40% 207
28 Len 50% 200
29 Luen 50% 163
30 Lun 50% 159
31 Lon 75% 146
32 Leone 60% 144
33 Elin 50% 132
34 Laun 50% 131
35 Lene 25% 120

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The surname Lion is the 8th most popular variant of Lane.

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