# Lynch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lynch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 117,708 |
| US rank (2010) | 259 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,623 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (114,448 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /lɪnt͡ʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Loingsigh (“descendant of Loingseach”), from long (“ship”). * Also as an Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, from De Línse, Gaelicized from Norman/French de Lench, from Lench in Worchestershire, from Old English hlinc (“hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lynch in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lynch in the United States, Argentina, the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Ireland.

## People named Lynch

- David Lynch, American filmmaker (1946–2025)
- Jane Lynch, American actress
- Ross Lynch, American actor and singer
- Lashana Lynch, British actress
- Kelly Lynch, American actress
- John Carroll Lynch, American character actor and film director
- Loretta Lynch, American attorney (born 1959)
- Richard Lynch, American actor (1940-2012)
- Kevin A. Lynch, American urban planner and architect (1918-1984)
- Peter Lynch, American investor, mutual fund manager
- Jennifer Lynch, American film director and screenwriter
- Scott Lynch, American writer

and 36 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Linch, Long, Lyons, Lang, Lange, Lemus, Liang, Link, Leung, Loomis, Luong, Lance.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.