Lyng 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 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 16
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 2
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

Lyng Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lyng family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 4
Laundress 2
Laundry Man 1
Trooper 1
Brick Layers Labourer 1
Card Tenter In Cotton Mill 1
Carder In Cotton Mill 1
Piecer In Cotton Mill 1
Waste Sorter 1
Charwoman 1
Engine Driver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lyng

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lyng 15
William Lyng 15
Elizabeth Lyng 9
Robert Lyng 9
Edward Lyng 8
James Lyng 8
Thomas Lyng 8
George Lyng 7
John Lyng 7
Charles Lyng 5
Eliza Lyng 5
Emma Lyng 4
Sarah Lyng 4
Charlotte Lyng 3
Edith Lyng 3
Henry Lyng 3
Margaret Lyng 3
Alfred Lyng 2
Emily Lyng 2
Frederick Lyng 2
Harriet Lyng 2
Jane Lyng 2
Miles Lyng 2
Samson Lyng 2
Walter Lyng 2

Lyng Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ling 75% 21,313
2 Lyng 100% 178

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The surname Lyng is the 2nd most popular variant of Ling.

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