How common is the surname Lytle?

12,970 people in the United States had the surname Lytle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,805 Americans. It ranked 2,781st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lytle?

Chris Lytle, American mixed martial artist and boxer, followed by Johnny Paycheck.

Where is the surname Lytle most common?

Wikidata records people named Lytle in the United States.

How do you pronounce Lytle?

Lytle is /ˈlaɪtəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lytle getting more or less common?

More common. 12,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,970 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Lytle

An English surname, carried by 12,970 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlaɪtəl/ 2 syllables Soundex L340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lytle is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,970 people named Lytle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,805 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,701.

#2,781

rank among US surnames

12,970

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,617)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,772	Salvador	13,021	23,711
#2,773	Schell	13,016	23,720
#2,774	Devlin	13,014	23,724
#2,775	Woo	13,003	23,744
#2,776	Steen	12,989	23,770
#2,777	Leggett	12,977	23,792
#2,778	Girard	12,975	23,795

Who is named Lytle

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

85% of people named Lytle identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lytles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Lytle
American mixed martial artist and boxer, born 1974
Johnny Paycheck
American country singer (1938–2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lytle

Lytle has the Soundex code L340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L340.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lytle come from?: Variant of Little, from Middle English and modern lytle, variant of little (“small, (ironic) big, not much, younger”).
How common is the surname Lytle?: 12,970 people in the United States had the surname Lytle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,805 Americans. It ranked 2,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lytle?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lytle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lytle?: Chris Lytle, American mixed martial artist and boxer, followed by Johnny Paycheck.
Where is the surname Lytle most common?: Wikidata records people named Lytle in the United States.
How do you pronounce Lytle?: Lytle is /ˈlaɪtəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Lytle getting more or less common?: More common. 12,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,970 in 2010, up 2.1%.