How common is the surname Lyall?

1,475 people in the United States had the surname Lyall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. It ranked 18,648th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lyall?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Lyall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Lyall?

Klaus Flouride, American musician.

Where is the surname Lyall most common?

Wikidata records people named Lyall in the United States.

Is the surname Lyall getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,475 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Lyall

A surname, carried by 1,475 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lyall is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,475 people named Lyall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,496.

#18,648

rank among US surnames

1,475

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,395)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,640	Nees	1,476	209,177
#18,648	Spafford	1,475	209,319

Who is named Lyall

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Lyall identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lyalls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Klaus Flouride
American musician, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lyall

Lyall has the Soundex code L400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L400.

Questions

How common is the surname Lyall?: 1,475 people in the United States had the surname Lyall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,319 Americans. It ranked 18,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lyall?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Lyall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Lyall?: Klaus Flouride, American musician.
Where is the surname Lyall most common?: Wikidata records people named Lyall in the United States.
Is the surname Lyall getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,475 in 2010, down 1.4%.