How common is the surname Lyle?

13,192 people in the United States had the surname Lyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,404 Americans. It ranked 2,731st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lyle?

Lauren Lyle, British actress, followed by Ron Lyle.

Where is the surname Lyle most common?

Wikidata records people named Lyle in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Lyle getting more or less common?

More common. 12,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,192 in 2010, up 1.9%.

Is Lyle also a first name?

Yes. Lyle is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lyle

A French place surname, carried by 13,192 people in the United States.

Pronounced /laɪl/ 1 syllable Soundex L400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lyle is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

A Scottish habitational surname from Old French from Old French l'isle (“the island”).

Lyle is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,192 people named Lyle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,404 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,951.

#2,731

rank among US surnames

13,192

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,570)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,722	Byler	13,230	23,337
#2,723	Herrmann	13,226	23,344
#2,724	Yoo	13,225	23,346
#2,725	Vitale	13,220	23,354
#2,726	Loera	13,218	23,358
#2,727	Parson	13,209	23,374
#2,728	Marlow	13,205	23,381

Who is named Lyle

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

82% of people named Lyle identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lyles

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lauren Lyle
British actress, born 1993
Ron Lyle
American boxer (1941–2011)
Adrienne Lyle
American equestrian, born 1985

Notable Lyles come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Lyle

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lyle come from?: Lyle is French in origin.
How common is the surname Lyle?: 13,192 people in the United States had the surname Lyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,404 Americans. It ranked 2,731st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lyle?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Lyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lyle?: Lauren Lyle, British actress, followed by Ron Lyle.
Where is the surname Lyle most common?: Wikidata records people named Lyle in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Lyle?: Lyle is /laɪl/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Lyle?: Lyle is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Lyle getting more or less common?: More common. 12,951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,192 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Lyle?: Lisle, Lile, Lyall and Lyell.
Is Lyle also a first name?: Yes. Lyle is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.