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    The surname Lynskey

    An Irish surname, carried by 599 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L520

    Lynskey: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lynskey #37,229, 599 people Lynskey: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lynskey #37,229, 599 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lynskey is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Loingscigh, a variant of Ó Loingsigh, from which Lynch.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 599 people named Lynskey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 546.

    #37,229
    rank among US surnames
    599
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #38,141)

    Who is named Lynskey

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

    95% of people named Lynskey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lynskey

    Lynskey has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lynskey come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Loingscigh, a variant of Ó Loingsigh, from which Lynch.
    How common is the surname Lynskey?
    599 people in the United States had the surname Lynskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. It ranked 37,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lynskey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lynskey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lynskey getting more or less common?
    More common. 546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 599 in 2010, up 9.7%.