How common is the surname Lydon?

4,091 people in the United States had the surname Lydon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,469 Americans. It ranked 8,103rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lydon?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lydon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lydon?

Joe Lydon, boxer (1878-1937), followed by Jimmy Lydon.

Where is the surname Lydon most common?

Wikidata records people named Lydon in the United States.

How do you pronounce Lydon?

Lydon is /ˈlaɪdən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lydon getting more or less common?

More common. 3,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,091 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Lydon

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,091 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlaɪdən/ 2 syllables Soundex L350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lydon is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Loideáin (“descendant of Loideán”), a personal name of obscure origin.

Lydon is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,091 people named Lydon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,469 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,990.

#8,103

rank among US surnames

4,091

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,097	Burnell	4,095	75,396
#8,101	Burrus	4,094	75,414
#8,102	Kania	4,092	75,451
#8,103	June	4,091	75,469
#8,106	Llanos	4,089	75,506
#8,110	Dunson	4,088	75,525

Who is named Lydon

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

96% of people named Lydon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lydons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Lydon
Boxer (1878-1937)
Jimmy Lydon
Actor and television producer (1923–2022)
Alexandra Lydon
American actress, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Leydon

Surnames that sound like Lydon

Lydon has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lydon come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Loideáin (“descendant of Loideán”), a personal name of obscure origin.
How common is the surname Lydon?: 4,091 people in the United States had the surname Lydon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,469 Americans. It ranked 8,103rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lydon?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lydon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lydon?: Joe Lydon, boxer (1878-1937), followed by Jimmy Lydon.
Where is the surname Lydon most common?: Wikidata records people named Lydon in the United States.
How do you pronounce Lydon?: Lydon is /ˈlaɪdən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Lydon?: Lydon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lydon getting more or less common?: More common. 3,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,091 in 2010, up 2.5%.
What are other spellings of Lydon?: Leydon.