# Lyons (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lyons/  
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) | 84,516 |
| US rank (2010) | 369 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,653 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (82,258 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old French Lyons (nominative of Lyon), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lyons 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

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

## People named Lyons

- Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1879-1939)
- David Lyons, Australian actor
- Nancy Lyons, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
- Ted Lyons, American baseball player and coach (1900-1986)
- John Lyons, American ice hockey player (1900–1971)
- Eugene Lyons, 20th-century American journalist and writer
- Eddie Lyons, American actor, film director (1886–1926)
- Brooke Lyons, American actress
- Enid Lyons, Australian politician
- Leo Lyons, American basketball player (born 1987)
- Robert F. Lyons, American actor
- Jennifer Lyons, American actress

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Lynes, Lohnes, Lynskey, Long, Lynch, Lang, Lange, Lemus, Liang, Link, Leung, Loomis.

## 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.