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Lanyon
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English
Etymology
From en kw lynn pool + kw yeyn cold.
Proper noun
~ s
en hamlet (Lanyon Farm) in par/Madron south-west co/Cornwall cc/England OS grid ref SW4234.
en unincorporated community co/Webster County s/Iowa c/USA.
en habitational Cornish.
en Maryse Zeidler Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names w:CBC News 2024-11-02 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/campbell-river-bc-indigenous-place-names-1.7371071 Coun. Ben Lanyon said he thought the changes would benefit tourism but added that he found the Likʷala name for Discovery Passage difficult to pronounce. https://web.archive.org/web/20250930222312/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/campbell-river-bc-indigenous-place-names-1.7371071 30 September 2025
Statistics
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.
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