Lyndon Surname

194,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Lyndon Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Lyndon: v. Lindon.

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Lyndon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6211:89,7239,689
United States5161:702,44055,541
Australia4911:54,9816,742
Canada1571:234,68522,439
New Zealand1251:36,2276,204
Ireland791:59,6074,006
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
France151:4,428,181244,602
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Wales81:386,81619,671
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
India71:109,580,769786,157
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
China21:683,660,78330,601
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guam11:160,1214,893
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland791:56,0744,532
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2721:89,6159,328
Wales221:71,2923,399
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:346,33626,593

Lyndon (40,025) may also be a first name.

Lyndon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Lyndon: v. Lindon.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Rutland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

Lyndon is an old English surname, which means 'linden tree hill'. It arose from the name of a place in the East Midlands, UK.

- amaniguzel

Lyndon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lyndon Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lyndon (Arabic: ندون, Marathi: यन्दोन) is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lyndon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 194,439th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,372,303 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 35 percent of Lyndon live; 33 percent live in Northern Europe and 33 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 22,174th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 40,025 people.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 89,723. In England Lyndon is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 21 percent live, Greater London, where 12 percent live and Devon, where 10 percent live. Other than England this last name exists in 46 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 23 percent live.

Lyndon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lyndon has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 228 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 356 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lyndon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (65%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Lyndon surname are 9.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lyndon earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.08% more than the national average, earning R 263,976 per year; in United States they earn 4.4% more than the national average, earning $45,046 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.81% less than the national average, earning $46,798 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lyndoen920/
Lndon917/
Lindon833,106/
Lendon83822/
Lyndan831/
Lindong77978/
Glindon77169/
Lendong7768/
Lindone7750/
Lendoen773/
Lindoon771/
Lenduon771/
Lindonk771/
Lindoin771/
Lindhon770/
Linndon770/
Lyndhan770/
Lindotin7115/
Lemndoun712/
Lindoing711/
Loehndon711/
Lemndong711/
Lendonne711/
Lendonck711/
Llindong711/
Linduong711/
Lindan67318/
Lindom67108/
Lendom6760/
Lendan6714/
Lemdon678/
Lindun676/
Lindón674/
Lindão672/
Lindonová671/
Lendongue671/
Lndanh671/

Lyndon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lyndon in the Marathi language
यन्दोनyandona50
याडोनyadona25
यांडोनyandona25
Lyndon in the Arabic language
ندونndwn-

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