Lys 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 5
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 6
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

Lys Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lys family

Profession Census Frequency
No Occupation 3
Labourer 3
Assistant School Mistress 2
Seamstress 2
Boarding School Mistress 1
Vicar 1
Clergyman Son 1
Clergymans Daur 1
Clergymans Son 1
Clergymans Widow 1
Landed Proprietor 1
Coal Mercahant 1
Dress Maker 1
Porter 1
Scholar 1
Captain Of Army 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lys

Name Census Frequency
William Lys 23
Mary Lys 21
George Lys 19
Elizabeth Lys 15
Henry Lys 13
Francis Lys 12
John Lys 10
Amelia Lys 8
Emily Lys 8
Anna Lys 7
Charles Lys 7
Eliza Lys 7
Frederick Lys 7
James Lys 7
Caroline Lys 6
Edward Lys 5
Florence Lys 5
Frances Lys 5
Isabella Lys 5
Samuel Lys 5
Alfred Lys 4
Ann Lys 4
Arthur Lys 4
Ellen Lys 4
Fanny Lys 4

Lys Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lyes 75% 1,198
2 Lyas 75% 1,041
3 Leys 75% 363
4 Lys 100% 325
5 Lays 75% 174
6 Lyous 60% 144
7 Layes 60% 115

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The surname Lys is the 4th most popular variant of Lyes.

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