| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 6 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 0 |
| Devon | 0 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 8 |
| Essex | 2 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 3 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 1 |
| Lancashire | 40 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 |
| London | 10 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 11 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 2 |
| Staffordshire | 4 |
| Warwickshire | 0 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 4 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 4 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| General Labourer | 3 |
| Cook Domestic | 2 |
| General Servant Domestic | 2 |
| Dress Maker | 2 |
| Own Means | 1 |
| Post Office | 1 |
| Retired Baker | 1 |
| Surgeon | 1 |
| Banks Clerk | 1 |
| Charwoman | 1 |
| Coal Dalatter Below Ground | 1 |
| Coal Deanner Below Ground | 1 |
| Doffer Worsted | 1 |
| Machinist | 1 |
| Spinner Worsted | 1 |
| Civil Engineer | 1 |
| Iron Stone Miner Underground | 1 |
| Char Woman | 1 |
| Goods Railway Porter | 1 |
| Steel Moulder's Apprentice | 1 |
| Secretary | 1 |
| Brass Moulder | 1 |
| Civil Engineer (water Works) | 1 |
| Postman | 1 |
| Shipyard Labourer | 1 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Lyan | 33 |
| William Lyan | 32 |
| John Lyan | 29 |
| James Lyan | 20 |
| Thomas Lyan | 19 |
| Elizabeth Lyan | 18 |
| Edward Lyan | 13 |
| Sarah Lyan | 13 |
| Margaret Lyan | 12 |
| Jane Lyan | 11 |
| Ann Lyan | 10 |
| Annie Lyan | 10 |
| George Lyan | 10 |
| Eliza Lyan | 9 |
| Alice Lyan | 7 |
| Hannah Lyan | 7 |
| Ellen Lyan | 6 |
| Patrick Lyan | 6 |
| Richard Lyan | 6 |
| Alfred Lyan | 5 |
| Charles Lyan | 5 |
| Michael Lyan | 5 |
| Joseph Lyan | 4 |
| Kate Lyan | 4 |
| Martha Lyan | 4 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyon | 75% | 31,931 |
| 2 | Lyne | 50% | 10,366 |
| 3 | Lion | 50% | 1,602 |
| 4 | Layne | 40% | 1,210 |
| 5 | Lyan | 100% | 467 |
| 6 | Loyn | 50% | 218 |
| 7 | Lyone | 60% | 200 |
| 8 | Loyne | 40% | 187 |
| 9 | Loyan | 80% | 158 |
| 10 | Layn | 50% | 146 |
| 11 | Lyn | 75% | 109 |
| 12 | Layen | 60% | 102 |
The surname Lyan is the 5th most popular variant of Lyon.