Last Name LYNCH

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Meaning	Local: At the linch, from residence thereby. From 'hlinch,' a hill. but especially a balk or boundar, a sense still preserved in modern provincial English 'linch.' A strip of greenwood between the plowed lands in the common field; a small hanging wood. One who travels by sea, one who is banished or living away from his or her country.

Origin	English, Irish, Jewish, Native American, Chilean, Celtic, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	237 (2000 US census)	235 (1990 US census)

Count	114,448 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.22%, or 96388 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.23%, or 12853 total occurrences, as black,
0.43%, or 492 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.98%, or 1122 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.46%, or 1671 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.68%, or 1923 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...