Lynx Surname
Approximately 509 people bear this surname
Lynx Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 258 | 1:209,991 | 22,252 |
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| United States | 61 | 1:5,941,950 | 288,805 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Lynx (294) may also be a first name.
Lynx Demographics
Average Lynx Salary in
United States
$45,571 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lynx Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lynx Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lynx is found most in South Africa. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lynx? popularity and diffusion
It is the 608,234th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 14,317,379 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Lynx are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 514,566th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 294 people.
The surname Lynx is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 209,991. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 16 percent live and Western Cape, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa Lynx is found in 41 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Lynx Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lynx has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lynx surname grew 339 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lynx Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lynx last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lynx earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.14% less than the national average, earning R 120,852 per year; in United States they earn 5.61% more than the national average, earning $45,571 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.61% less than the national average, earning $46,894 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lynx
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