How common is the surname Lynam?

1,834 people in the United States had the surname Lynam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,345 Americans. It ranked 15,864th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lynam?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lynam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lynam?

Jim Lynam, American basketball player, coach, executive.

Where is the surname Lynam most common?

Wikidata records people named Lynam in the United States.

Is the surname Lynam getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,834 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Lynam

An English place surname, carried by 1,834 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lynam is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

Two main origins: * An English habitational surname from anyo of several minor places in England, from Old English līn (“flax”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”). * A variant of Linehan, a surname of Irish origin.

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,834 people named Lynam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,345 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,871.

#15,864

rank among US surnames

1,834

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #14,590)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,857	Dority	1,835	168,254
#15,864	Leonardi	1,834	168,345
#15,871	Roh	1,833	168,437

Who is named Lynam

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

95% of people named Lynam identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lynams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Lynam
American basketball player, coach, executive, born 1941

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lineham

Lynam has the Soundex code L550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L550.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lynam come from?: Two main origins: * An English habitational surname from anyo of several minor places in England, from Old English līn (“flax”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”). * A variant of Linehan, a surname of Irish origin.
How common is the surname Lynam?: 1,834 people in the United States had the surname Lynam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,345 Americans. It ranked 15,864th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lynam?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lynam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lynam?: Jim Lynam, American basketball player, coach, executive.
Where is the surname Lynam most common?: Wikidata records people named Lynam in the United States.
What type of surname is Lynam?: Lynam is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Lynam getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,834 in 2010, down 2.0%.
What are other spellings of Lynam?: Lineham.