# Lynes (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,129 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,707 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 273,468 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.4% (1,181 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Metronymic from Line.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lynes 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lynes in the United States and Australia.

## People named Lynes

- George Platt Lynes, American photographer (1907-1955)
- Martin Lynes, Australian actor

## Similar surnames

Llanes, Lines, Lohnes, Lyons, Lynskey, Long, Lynch, Lang, Lange, Lemus, Liang, Link.

## 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.