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 Male Lynx Height
172.11 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lynx Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lynx Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lynx is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lynx.
How Common Is The Last Name Lynx? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 608,234th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,317,379 people. Lynx occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Lynx reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 514,566th most common given name in the world It is held by 294 people.
The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 258 people, or 1 in 209,991. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 16 percent reside and Western Cape, where 8 percent reside. Besides South Africa Lynx is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.
Lynx Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lynx has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lynx last name rose 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 Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% registered with 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
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- 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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