Lynan 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 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Lynan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lynan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Works At Pot Manufacturer 1
Private Army 1
Baker 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Dofer In Cotton Mill 1
General Serv 1
House Servant 1
Labourer 1
Laundress 1
Silk Throstler 1
Silk Winder 1
Porter 1
Miller 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lynan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lynan 34
John Lynan 28
Thomas Lynan 16
Ann Lynan 14
James Lynan 14
William Lynan 12
Elizabeth Lynan 8
Joseph Lynan 8
Sarah Lynan 8
Ellen Lynan 7
Catherine Lynan 6
Jane Lynan 6
Margaret Lynan 6
Michael Lynan 6
Stephen Lynan 6
Alice Lynan 5
Edward Lynan 5
Robert Lynan 4
Anne Lynan 3
Emily Lynan 3
Francis Lynan 3
Frederick Lynan 3
Patrick Lynan 3
Samuel Lynan 3
Ada Lynan 2

Lynan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lynn 80% 19,928
2 Lynen 80% 405
3 Lynan 100% 280
4 Lynne 60% 232
5 Linen 60% 194
6 Linnen 50% 165
7 Linon 60% 113
8 Linnon 50% 110
9 Lynon 80% 104

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The surname Lynan is the 3rd most popular variant of Lynn.

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