Surname Checker / Lyon
How Common Is the Last Name Lyon?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Lyon today
30,659
Ranked #1,271 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.39 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 27,690 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
91.83%
Black
2.99%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.73%
Hispanic
2.38%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.