Lion Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Lion Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lion family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 22
Female Servant 11
Male Servant 10
Labourer 10
Independent 5
Tailor 4
Servant 3
Slipper Maker 3
Weaver 3
Ag Lab 2
Silk Weaver 2
Milliner Apprentice 2
Tin Plate Maker 2
Pipe Maker 2
Shoe Maker 2
Farmer 2
Auctioneer 1
Coal Miner 1
Cook 1
Grinder 1
Lodger 1
French Good Polisher 1
Hatter 1
Hawker 1
Lab 1

Lion Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lane 25% 150,628
2 Lyon 75% 31,931
3 Line 50% 10,706
4 Lean 50% 9,447
5 Lone 50% 3,303
6 Laine 40% 2,034
7 Leon 75% 1,929
8 Lion 100% 1,602
9 Alen 25% 1,362
10 Luin 50% 1,332
11 Lain 50% 1,310
12 Elen 25% 1,072
13 Loan 50% 631
14 Lan 50% 472
15 Lyan 50% 467
16 Elan 25% 466
17 Luna 25% 376
18 Loon 75% 351
19 Lune 25% 342
20 Leane 40% 327
21 Loane 40% 276
22 Laan 50% 272
23 Loone 60% 265
24 Alan 25% 262
25 Leen 50% 256
26 Leno 25% 215
27 Lonie 40% 207
28 Len 50% 200
29 Luen 50% 163
30 Lun 50% 159
31 Lon 75% 146
32 Leone 60% 144
33 Elin 50% 132
34 Laun 50% 131
35 Lene 25% 120

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The surname Lion is the 8th most popular variant of Lane.

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