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Lynch

in Illinois

There are 3,467 people with the last name "Lynch" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Lynch 232
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  1. is 228th most common Burton
  2. is 229th most common Khan
  3. is 230th most common Hanson
  4. is 231st most common Craig
  5. is 232nd most common Lynch
  6. is 233rd most common Johnston
  7. is 234th most common Keller
  8. is 235th most common Carr
  9. is 236th most common Moreno

Similar Names and Nicknames

Link, Lance, Lemke, Linke, Linck, Linch, Lenk, Lank, Lemcke, Lynk

Most Common First Names for Lynch

James, John, Michael, William, Thomas, Robert, Patrick, Kevin, David, Daniel

Meaning & History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch.

Irish (Anglo-Norman): Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway.

English: topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.

FOREBEARS This name was brought independently from Ireland to North America by many bearers. Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to SC shortly after the first settlement of that colony in 1670. His grandson Thomas Lynch, born in 1727 in Berkeley Co., SC, was a member of both Continental Congresses, and his greatgrandson, also called Thomas Lynch, born 1749 in Winyaw, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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