How common is the surname Lyles?

16,062 people in the United States had the surname Lyles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,222 Americans. It ranked 2,265th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Lyles most common?

Wikidata records people named Lyles in the United States.

Is the surname Lyles getting more or less common?

More common. 15,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,062 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Lyles

A surname, carried by 16,062 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lyles is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,062 people named Lyles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,222 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,632.

#2,265

rank among US surnames

16,062

people in 2010

5.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,128)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,256	Ladd	16,112	19,162
#2,257	Willoughby	16,111	19,164
#2,258	Kinsey	16,102	19,174
#2,259	Dozier	16,091	19,187
#2,260	Holguin	16,090	19,189
#2,262	Shook	16,070	19,213
#2,263	Deluca	16,066	19,217

Who is named Lyles

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

53% of people named Lyles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 53%
White (not Hispanic) 40%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Lyless

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Noah Lyles
American sprinter, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lyles

Liles

Lyles has the Soundex code L420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L420.

Questions

How common is the surname Lyles?: 16,062 people in the United States had the surname Lyles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,222 Americans. It ranked 2,265th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lyles?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Lyles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lyles?: Noah Lyles, American sprinter.
Where is the surname Lyles most common?: Wikidata records people named Lyles in the United States.
Is the surname Lyles getting more or less common?: More common. 15,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,062 in 2010, up 2.8%.