How common is the surname Lynd?

1,354 people in the United States had the surname Lynd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,025 Americans. It ranked 19,852nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lynd?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lynd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lynd?

Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist (1892–1970).

Where is the surname Lynd most common?

Wikidata records people named Lynd in the United States.

Is the surname Lynd getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,354 in 2010, down 4.4%.

The surname Lynd

A surname, carried by 1,354 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lynd is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,354 people named Lynd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,025 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,417.

#19,852

rank among US surnames

1,354

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,129)

Who is named Lynd

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

93% of people named Lynd identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lynds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Staughton Lynd
American sociologist (1892–1970)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lynd

Lynd has the Soundex code L530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L530.

Questions

How common is the surname Lynd?: 1,354 people in the United States had the surname Lynd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,025 Americans. It ranked 19,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lynd?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lynd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lynd?: Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist (1892–1970).
Where is the surname Lynd most common?: Wikidata records people named Lynd in the United States.
Is the surname Lynd getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,354 in 2010, down 4.4%.