Lilly Surname
Approximately 36,161 people bear this surname
Lilly Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Lily.' The diminutive Lilion (now Lilian) must have been in early use, as it is found as a surname in the Hundred Rolls; compare Marion for Mary, now Marian.
Geoffrey Lilion, Bedfordshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameLilly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28,660 | 1:12,647 | 1,574 |
| Egypt | 1,586 | 1:57,967 | 5,513 |
| England | 1,347 | 1:41,365 | 5,304 |
| Canada | 1,050 | 1:35,091 | 4,491 |
| India | 436 | 1:1,759,324 | 62,948 |
| Australia | 366 | 1:73,759 | 8,665 |
| New Zealand | 363 | 1:12,475 | 2,174 |
| Jamaica | 288 | 1:9,965 | 1,070 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Nigeria | 227 | 1:780,365 | 35,035 |
| Scotland | 158 | 1:33,885 | 3,345 |
| Indonesia | 120 | 1:1,102,077 | 79,449 |
| Germany | 95 | 1:847,426 | 61,310 |
| Solomon Islands | 80 | 1:7,250 | 1,121 |
| Mexico | 78 | 1:1,591,362 | 16,746 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| Ireland | 75 | 1:62,786 | 4,144 |
| Wales | 63 | 1:49,120 | 4,600 |
| Northern Ireland | 60 | 1:30,751 | 3,176 |
| Russia | 34 | 1:4,238,913 | 201,756 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Guyana | 33 | 1:23,098 | 2,756 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Italy | 32 | 1:1,911,146 | 87,725 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 159 | 1:27,861 | 2,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,752 | 1:13,913 | 2,082 |
| Scotland | 66 | 1:56,715 | 3,681 |
| Wales | 51 | 1:30,753 | 1,694 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,001 | 1:10,042 | 1,293 |
Lilly (148,690) may also be a first name.
Lilly Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Lily.' The diminutive Lilion (now Lilian) must have been in early use, as it is found as a surname in the Hundred Rolls; compare Marion for Mary, now Marian.
Geoffrey Lilion, Bedfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
(a) Local, 'of Lilley,' a parish in Hertfordshire., four miles from Luton. (3) Local, 'of Lilly,' a hamlet in the parish of Catmore, Berkshire My two first instances occur in the neighbourhood.
Nicholas Lilie, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Lilie, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Beatrix Lyly, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Robert Lyllye, 1546: Register of the University of Oxford.
1564. Gilbert Lyllye and Joanna Matthewe, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).
1571. John Lyllie, Kent: Register of the University of Oxford.
1605. Baptised — William, s. Raphe Lylly: St. James, Clerkenwell.
The sept of Mac Ailghile, formerly anglicized MacAlilly but now usually Lilly, Lilley or Lillie, is a branch of the MacGuires of Fermanagh, and its members to—dayare mainly located in its original homeland around Enniskillen, though families of the name are found in other counties bordering on Fermanagh. Its origin is dealt with in several of the old genealogical works such as the Book of Ballymote and Mac Firbis. The surname Lilley (akin to Lely) is well-known in England where it is indigenous; but, though at least four appear in the army list of the Cromwellian and Restoration period, very few of that stock settled in Ireland and it may be assumed that Irish Lilleys are MacAlillys, especially if their families belong to central Ulster.
(A-Latin) nicknames and sign-names fram the Lily [Middle English lilly, lil(l)ie, Old English lilie, Latin lili-um] (English) belonging to 1 Lilley or Lilly (Berks; Cumberland, &c.) [The Berkshire Lilly seems to be the Lilling-leáh of an Anglo-Saxon charter-Lill-, the fairly common pers. name (v. Lill (English) with the ‘son’ suff. -ing (perh. for earlier genit. pl. -inga) + leáh (Middle English ley, &c.), lea] 2 Lilley (Herts), formerly Lindley = the Lime-Tree Lea [Old English lind, lime- or linden- tree]
Mac Ailghile Formerly anglicized MacAlilly. A branch of the MacGuires of Fermanagh. SIF 106
Mac Ailghile Formerly anglicized MacAlilly. A branch of the MacGuires of Fermanagh. SIF 106
(English) One who came from Lilley (meadow where flax was grown), in Hertfordshire; dweller where lilies grew.
1. Perhaps the same as Lille or Lisle. 2. From the heraldric bearing, the fleur-delys. See Lys. 3. Lilley, a parish in Hertfordshire.
A beautiful flower. Llille, in the Welsh, the place by the river or stream, from Lli, a stream, and Lle, a place. Llu, an army, a troop; Llellu, the place of the army. In the Cornish—British Lhy is a troop, a company of horsemen, and le or li, a place.
Lilley and Lill are ancient Lincolnshire names. There was a Hugh Lilly in the wapentake of "Aswardhurn," South Lincolnshire, in the reign of Edward I.; at the same time the names of Lille and Lilie occurred in Oxfordshire (H. R.).
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Lilly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lilly Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lilly (Arabic: ليللي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻠﻲ, Hindi: लिल्ली, Marathi: लीली, Oriya: ଲିଲି, Tibetan: ལི་ལི་) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lilly? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,417th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 201,531 people. The surname Lilly occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Lilly live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 7,059th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 148,690 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 28,660 people, or 1 in 12,647. In The United States it is most frequent in: West Virginia, where 10 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 107 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 4 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.
Lilly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lilly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lilly last name increased 573 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 23 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 239 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 53 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 124 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lilly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Lilly last name is primarily Catholic (54%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Lilly last name are 6.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.56% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lilly earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.93% more than the national average, earning R 315,888 per year; in United States they earn 5.33% less than the national average, earning $40,848 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.22% more than the national average, earning $53,765 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilley | 91 | 26,370 | / |
| Lillya | 91 | 38 | / |
| Lilløy | 91 | 21 | / |
| Lilloy | 91 | 17 | / |
| Lilliy | 91 | 9 | / |
| Lielly | 91 | 7 | / |
| Lillay | 91 | 5 | / |
| Lillly | 91 | 2 | / |
| Llilly | 91 | 2 | / |
| Lillyst | 83 | 18 | / |
| Lilleøy | 83 | 6 | / |
| Lilliey | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lillaya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lielley | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lilli | 80 | 2,977 | / |
| Lilla | 80 | 2,740 | / |
| Lille | 80 | 2,189 | / |
| Lelly | 80 | 185 | / |
| Lylly | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lillé | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lillie | 73 | 8,590 | / |
| Lillis | 73 | 5,428 | / |
| Liller | 73 | 1,357 | / |
| Lilles | 73 | 439 | / |
| Lillia | 73 | 431 | / |
| Lillge | 73 | 315 | / |
| Lillep | 73 | 86 | / |
| Lillio | 73 | 52 | / |
| Lillee | 73 | 50 | / |
| Lillet | 73 | 42 | / |
| Luilli | 73 | 40 | / |
| Liolli | 73 | 35 | / |
| Lillih | 73 | 31 | / |
| Lillje | 73 | 29 | / |
| Lelley | 73 | 23 | / |
| Lellyo | 73 | 15 | / |
| Lilled | 73 | 14 | / |
| Lillit | 73 | 7 | / |
| Llilla | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lellyi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Liella | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lilloa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Llilli | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lielle | 73 | 3 | / |
| Llille | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lelluy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lillid | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lilleu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lillii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lellay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lillai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lilleø | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lilliz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lielli | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lellya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lillich | 67 | 1,049 | / |
| Lilleås | 67 | 292 | / |
| Liollio | 67 | 47 | / |
| Lillesø | 67 | 44 | / |
| Lilleør | 67 | 43 | / |
| Lillieh | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lillois | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lilliss | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lilleas | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lillett | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lillais | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lillees | 67 | 3 | / |
| Liaelli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llillie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liellia | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Lille | 67 | 1 | / |
| H'Lilla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leslley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lilllia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lellahy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lilless | 67 | 0 | / |
Lilly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལི་ལི་ | lili | - |
| Lilly in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିଲି | lili | 84.29 |
| ଲିଲୀ | lili | 15.71 |
| Lilly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻠﻲ | allyly | 75 |
| ﻟﻴﻠﻲ | lyly | 25 |
| Lilly in the Marathi language | ||
| लीली | lili | 51.35 |
| िलिल | ilila | 21.62 |
| लीला | lila | 10.81 |
| लीलय | lilaya | 10.81 |
| िलला | ilala | 5.41 |
| Lilly in the Hindi language | ||
| लिल्ली | lilli | 40 |
| लिली | lili | 20 |
| लिल्लि | lilli | 10 |
| लील्ली | lilli | 10 |
| लिलि | lili | 10 |
| लीली | lili | 10 |
| Lilly in the Arabic language | ||
| ليللي | lylly | - |
| ليللى | lylly | - |
| يللي | ylly | - |
| ليلي | lyly | - |
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