Lyz Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Lyz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lyz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine691:659,74970,382
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China31:455,773,85521,925
England21:27,859,030389,889
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
France11:66,422,722504,397
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Lyz (1,276) may also be a first name.

Lyz Last Name Facts

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

Lyz is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lyz? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lyz is the 1,755,741st most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Lyz is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Lyz live; 68 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Lyz is also the 220,730th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 1,276 people.

This last name is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 659,749. In Ukraine it is most common in: Poltava Oblast, where 49 percent reside, Kiev, where 14 percent reside and Mykolaiv Oblast, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Ukraine this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 6 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.

Lyz Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hlyz86144/
Lysz8633/
Layz8614/
Leyz8612/
Luyz864/
Lhyz861/
Lyjz861/
Lyhz861/
Lyoz861/
Lyzz861/
Leytz753/
Laytz751/
Lythz751/
Luhyz751/
Loysz751/
Lloyz751/
Loytz750/
Liz677,308/
Lys675,970/
Lez67308/
Lyzova67133/
Lehydz6740/
Lyß6711/
Ljz679/
Lyš676/
Líz672/

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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 Lyz
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