Lanyon
English edit
Etymology edit
From Cornish lyn (“pool”) + yeyn (“cold”).
Proper noun edit
Lanyon (countable and uncountable, plural Lanyons)
- A hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in Madron parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4234).
- An unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, United States.
- A habitational surname from Cornish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lanyon is the 46568th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 457 individuals. Lanyon is most common among White (93.65%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lanyon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 393.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Cornish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Cornwall, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Cornwall, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Iowa, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Iowa, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Cornish