Lyms Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 7
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 5
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

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

Lyms Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lyms family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 4
Ag Labourer 2
Machanic 1
Ag Labourer Wife 1
Masons Labourer 1
Pauper 1
Seamster 1
House Keeper 1
Journeyman Carpenter 1
Milliner 1
Fund Holder 1
Land Holder 1
Engine Driver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lyms

Name Census Frequency
John Lyms 31
Mary Lyms 21
William Lyms 20
Elizabeth Lyms 18
James Lyms 13
Frances Lyms 11
George Lyms 11
Thomas Lyms 11
Ann Lyms 10
Charles Lyms 10
Ellen Lyms 9
Patrick Lyms 8
Emma Lyms 7
Esther Lyms 7
Henry Lyms 7
Samuel Lyms 7
Sarah Lyms 7
Catherine Lyms 6
Eliza Lyms 6
Margaret Lyms 6
Harriett Lyms 5
Michael Lyms 5
Richard Lyms 5
Anne Lyms 4
Annie Lyms 4

Lyms Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lymes 80% 1,824
2 Lims 75% 572
3 Lyms 100% 423
4 Limms 60% 256

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The surname Lyms is the 3rd most popular variant of Lymes.

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