Lyttle Surname
Approximately 7,608 people bear this surname
Lyttle Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the little'; compare Bigg, Small, and Long. Sometimes affixed as a sobriquet on the least of two bearing the same name.
Johannes de Bland, et uxor, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Bland, littill, 1379: ibid.
Read More About This SurnameLyttle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,873 | 1:126,160 | 13,387 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,473 | 1:1,253 | 259 |
| Canada | 706 | 1:52,189 | 6,273 |
| England | 667 | 1:83,535 | 9,209 |
| Jamaica | 582 | 1:4,931 | 656 |
| Australia | 386 | 1:69,937 | 8,284 |
| Scotland | 268 | 1:19,977 | 2,333 |
| New Zealand | 263 | 1:17,218 | 3,012 |
| Ireland | 135 | 1:34,881 | 2,909 |
| Guyana | 109 | 1:6,993 | 1,154 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64 | 1:1,760 | 357 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 869 | 1:5,098 | 857 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 309 | 1:162,520 | 14,796 |
Lyttle (14) may also be a first name.
Lyttle Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the little'; compare Bigg, Small, and Long. Sometimes affixed as a sobriquet on the least of two bearing the same name.
Johannes de Bland, et uxor, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Bland, littill, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Tailliour, parws (i.e. parvus), 1379: ibid.
Johannes Tailliour, de Hyle, 1379: ibid.
William le Letle, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Wiscard Litil, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
John le Litle, Berkshire, ibid.
Julian Litel, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
1544-5. Simon Bedell and Margaret Litell, widow: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
1619. Baptised — John, s. Davye Little: St. James, Clerkenwell.
A descriptive name, in Latin documents rendered parvus, 'little, small.' French petit (of unknown origin) is also used in old documents as an equivalent. Hugo parvus, clericus regis, in reign of William the Lion (Melros, p. 32). Hugo parvus, burgess of Dundee, c. 1202 (RAA., I, p. 96). R. parvus, chaplain, witnessed a charter in favor of the Hospital of Soltre, between 1214—40 (Soltre, p. 19). John Litill served on an inquest at Lanark, 1313 (Bain, III, 1420). An agreement was made between the abbot of Scone and Robertus dictus Lytil, 1332 (CSR., I, p. 105). In 1351 Martin Litill, who witnessed a charter by William, dominus vallis de Ledell, of the lands of Abirdowyr in Fife (RHM., II, p. 56), is probably Martin Lytill who in 1358 possessed the land of Cardvyn (ER., I, p. 563). Nichol Litil was one of the 'borowis for the earl of Douglas's bounds of the West March, 1368 (Bain, IV, 512). Adam Lityll was a tenant of the Douglas in the barony of Kilbucho, 1376 (RHM., II, p. 16). Duncan Petit was chancellor of the church of Aberdeen, 1426 (RMS., II, 54), and Johannes Petit, vicar of Lestalrig, 1448, appears also as J. Litill (Soltre, intro., p. xliv). The bequest of Clemens Litill in 1580 was the foundation of the library of Edinburgh University. The Littles occupied the lower part of Upper Eskdale and a portion of Ewesdale, and were recorded in 1587 as one of the unruly clans in the West March (APS., III, p. 466). Armstrong (Liddesdale, p. 184) gives the following additional forms of the name from public records: Litle, Littell, Littill Lytil, Lytle, Lyttille; plural: Litillis, Litles, Littilles, Lytills, Lytils, Lytles. See also Petty. Probably in some instances altered from Liddell, which see.
=Little, q.v.
(English) The small or short man.
1. A person of diminutive stature. Like the French Le Petit, the German Klein, &c. 2. Perhaps the same as Liddell.
Lyttle Demographics
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Lyttle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyttle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lyttle is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyttle? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,599th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 957,879 people. The surname Lyttle occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Lyttle are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lyttle is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 14 people.
The last name Lyttle is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,873 people, or 1 in 126,160. In The United States Lyttle is mostly found in: New York, where 10 percent live, Florida, where 10 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States it occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.
Lyttle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lyttle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lyttle last name expanded 930 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 3,032 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 3,829 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 84 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Lyttle Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Presbyterian (43%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Lyttle last name are 9.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.26% registered with the party.
The amount Lyttle earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 1095.87% more than the national average, earning R 2,841,840 per year; in United States they earn 0.12% more than the national average, earning $43,200 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.5% more than the national average, earning $51,920 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyttles | 92 | 2 | / |
| Layttle | 92 | 0 | / |
| Lyttler | 92 | 0 | / |
| Lytle | 91 | 18,708 | / |
| Little | 83 | 194,502 | / |
| Lytled | 83 | 102 | / |
| Lettle | 83 | 11 | / |
| Lytles | 83 | 5 | / |
| Luytle | 83 | 5 | / |
| Lytele | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lytlle | 83 | 2 | / |
| Laytle | 83 | 1 | / |
| Loytle | 83 | 0 | / |
| Leytle | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lytler | 83 | 0 | / |
| Littler | 77 | 7,431 | / |
| Littles | 77 | 3,101 | / |
| Littley | 77 | 624 | / |
| Lettley | 77 | 93 | / |
| Lettler | 77 | 71 | / |
| Littlle | 77 | 11 | / |
| Llittle | 77 | 9 | / |
| Lithtle | 77 | 2 | / |
| Liettle | 77 | 2 | / |
| Littlej | 77 | 2 | / |
| Littlie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lettles | 77 | 1 | / |
| Littlee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Littleh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leattle | 77 | 0 | / |
| Litttle | 77 | 0 | / |
| Lytelle | 77 | 0 | / |
| Laittle | 77 | 0 | / |
| Leittle | 77 | 0 | / |
| Litle | 73 | 754 | / |
| Lytla | 73 | 8 | / |
| Letle | 73 | 6 | / |
| Lytly | 73 | 2 | / |
| Littelle | 71 | 2 | / |
| D'Little | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leittler | 71 | 0 | / |
| Leutle | 67 | 708 | / |
| Letley | 67 | 256 | / |
| Listle | 67 | 128 | / |
| Litlle | 67 | 55 | / |
| Leitle | 67 | 39 | / |
| Litler | 67 | 33 | / |
| Luitle | 67 | 32 | / |
| Letlet | 67 | 12 | / |
| Litley | 67 | 8 | / |
| Litles | 67 | 4 | / |
| Letler | 67 | 3 | / |
| Littli | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lettly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lythielle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leetle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Littlhead | 67 | 1 | / |
| Littly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Litlie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyteli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lihtle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leatle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Letlhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Litlet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Litlee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Liztle | 67 | 0 | / |
| Letlie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lietle | 67 | 0 | / |
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