How rare is the last name Lyman?

11,387 people in the United States have the last name Lyman, about 1 in 26,249. It ranks #3,077 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LYMAN

#3,077

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,387
About
1 in 26,249
This common or more
52.9%
Who bears it

Of the 11,387 people with the last name Lyman, 86.1% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as two or more races and 3.6% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lyman

#3,075 Shanks · 11,395#3,076 Vieira · 11,394#3,078 Cotter · 11,381#3,078 Gaspar · 11,381

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lyman, most common first.

#31,542 Lymon · 786

Also a first name

As a first name, Lyman ranks #5,812 of 53,615, with 2,861 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1917, with 220 births. See Lyman as a first name

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