Lyness 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

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

Lyness Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lyness family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 1
P Ag Labourer 1
P Female Servant 1
P Sempstress 1
Pearl Button Maker 1
Ag Labourer 1
Grocer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lyness

Name Census Frequency
John Lyness 39
Mary Lyness 35
William Lyness 31
Elizabeth Lyness 25
James Lyness 19
Robert Lyness 18
Thomas Lyness 17
Margaret Lyness 13
Sarah Lyness 11
Jane Lyness 10
Catherine Lyness 8
Ellen Lyness 8
Michael Lyness 8
Henry Lyness 7
Ann Lyness 6
Annie Lyness 5
Samuel Lyness 5
Agnes Lyness 4
Alfred Lyness 4
Charles Lyness 4
Edward Lyness 4
Frank Lyness 4
Rose Lyness 4
Arthur Lyness 3
George Lyness 3

Lyness Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lines 67% 22,760
2 Lynes 83% 6,315
3 Lyness 100% 394
4 Lynass 83% 244

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The surname Lyness is the 3rd most popular variant of Lines.

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