Lynns 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 5
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 4
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 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Lynns Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lynns family

Profession Census Frequency
Cook 1
Iron Work Labourer 1
Iron Work Labourer's Wife 1
Landed Proprietor 1
Boarding House Keeper 1
General Servant 1
Shoe Maker 1
Tailor 1
Gentleman Retired Waterman 1
School Mistress 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lynns

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lynns 25
William Lynns 17
John Lynns 14
James Lynns 12
Thomas Lynns 12
Elizabeth Lynns 10
Joseph Lynns 7
George Lynns 6
Edward Lynns 5
Ellen Lynns 5
Albert Lynns 4
Jessie Lynns 4
Margaret Lynns 4
Michael Lynns 4
Sarah Lynns 4
Alice Lynns 3
Ann Lynns 3
Annie Lynns 3
Emily Lynns 3
Jane Lynns 3
Walter Lynns 3
Julia Lynns 2
Lily Lynns 2
Louisa Lynns 2
Patrick Lynns 2

Lynns Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lyns 80% 736
2 Lins 60% 283
3 Lynns 100% 259
4 Linns 80% 136

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The surname Lynns is the 3rd most popular variant of Lyns.

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