Lyal 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 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 1
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Lyal Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lyal family

Profession Census Frequency
Clerk, Student 2
Stationer 2
Assistant Curate St Pauls Haggerston Established Church 1
Woman Clerk Civil Service 1
Butcher 1
Stoker 2c Rn 1
Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lyal

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lyal 26
John Lyal 23
William Lyal 21
George Lyal 13
Elizabeth Lyal 12
Joseph Lyal 9
Margaret Lyal 7
Robert Lyal 7
Ann Lyal 6
Charles Lyal 6
Sarah Lyal 6
David Lyal 5
Hannah Lyal 5
Henry Lyal 5
James Lyal 5
Jane Lyal 5
Martha Lyal 5
Annie Lyal 4
Eliza Lyal 4
Helen Lyal 4
Thomas Lyal 4
Agnes Lyal 3
Alice Lyal 3
Anne Lyal 3
Bessie Lyal 3

Lyal Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lyall 80% 4,745
2 Lyle 50% 3,725
3 Lyell 60% 738
4 Lyal 100% 271
5 Luayle 50% 159
6 Layle 40% 123
7 Loyle 40% 120
8 Loyal 80% 117
9 Lyel 75% 110

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The surname Lyal is the 4th most popular variant of Lyall.

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