Last Name LYON

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Meaning	Of Leone. At some moment many Jews have taken the name of Lion (the Lion of the tribe of Judah). Also, local, 'of Lyons.' Originally de Leonne. The family came into England with the Conqueror. Sir Roger de Lyon settled in Scotland in 1098, where he received a grant of lands in Perthshire, which he called Glen Lyon. Afterwards John de Lyon obtained from David II a grant of the baronies of Forteviot and Fergundeny in Perthshire and Drumgawan in Aberdeenshire; his son, Sir John Lyon, was Secretary to Robert II, whose youngest daughter, Lady Jane Stewart, he married, and was created Lord Glamis, made Great Chamberlain, and Lord Chancellor of Scotland, and received grants of the Thanedom of Glamis in Forfarshire, and of the Barony of Kinghorn in Fifeshire, and was authorized to surround his arms with a double tressure in honor of his alliance with the royal family.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Dutch, French, Chilean, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	1,175 (2000 US census)	1,117 (1990 US census)

Count	27,337 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.57%, or 25579 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.82%, or 771 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 145 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 115 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.17%, or 320 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.49%, or 407 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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