Family name Lanyon (Lanyon 
) , around the globe, is quite a rare cognomen. The family name Lanyon is habitual in Fiji, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, where it is quite a rare surname, and Australia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Lanyon is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Lanyon | United Kingdom, Australia, Ghana, Fiji, United States |
| elizabeth may lanyon (born 1647) (b. 1647) |
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owen lanyon British colonial administrator (1842-1887), IE (b. 1842) |
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| charles lanyon British architect and politician, GB (b. 1813) |
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| john lanyon (b. 1839) |
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wesley edwin lanyon American ornithologist (1926-2017), US (b. 1926) |
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| walter c. lanyon British writer (b. 1887) |
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| bill lanyon English footballer (b. 1906) |
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| carla lanyon lanyon (b. 1906) |
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| peter lanyon British artist (1918-1964), GB (b. 1918) |
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| diana lanyon (1923-2015) (b. 1923) |
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| ellen lanyon American artist (1926-2013), US (b. 1926) |
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| sheila lanyon GB (b. 1918) |
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| ted lanyon Canadian ice hockey defenceman, CA (b. 1939) |
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| richard i. lanyon (b. 1937) |
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| andrew lanyon English painter and photographer, GB (b. 1947) |
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