# Lytle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lytle/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,970 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,781 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,805 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (12,701 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlaɪtəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Little, from Middle English and modern lytle, variant of little (“small, (ironic) big, not much, younger”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lytle 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lytle in the United States.

## People named Lytle

- Chris Lytle, American mixed martial artist and boxer
- Johnny Paycheck, American country singer (1938–2003)

## Similar surnames

Little, Lyttle, Liddell, Ludlow, Liddle, Littell, Laidlaw, Ledwell.

## 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.