Lyr Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Lyr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Lýr (20) are calculated separately.
Lyr (58) may also be a first name.
Lyr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lyr is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Lýr. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyr? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Lyr are found; 40 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 37 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Lyr is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 58 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,138,427. In Ukraine Lyr is most prevalent in: Kiev, where 64 percent are found, Cherkasy Oblast, where 18 percent are found and Donetsk Oblast, where 9 percent are found. Beside Ukraine it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in France, where 10 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lýr | 89 | 20 | / |
| Layr | 86 | 151 | / |
| Llyr | 86 | 36 | / |
| Lyhr | 86 | 29 | / |
| Lyor | 86 | 5 | / |
| Lyrå | 86 | 3 | / |
| Leyr | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lyrr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lytr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leyre | 75 | 496 | / |
| Layre | 75 | 327 | / |
| Leyhr | 75 | 107 | / |
| Lahyr | 75 | 59 | / |
| Lehyr | 75 | 16 | / |
| Loyre | 75 | 16 | / |
| Lyhre | 75 | 5 | / |
| Loyrd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Luyre | 75 | 2 | / |
| Layrd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Layhr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loytr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ler | 67 | 3,129 | / |
| Lir | 67 | 268 | / |
| Lír | 67 | 26 | / |
| Lyrova | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ljr | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lér | 67 | 2 | / |
| L'Llyr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyrová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lloyrd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leyhrd | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lyr
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