Find out how popular the last name Lycans is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lycans.

Lycans, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lycans surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lycans in America

Lycans is the 56836th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lycans surname appeared 359 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Lycans.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lycans to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lycans

The surname "LYCANS" is of Greek origin, derived from the word "lykos," meaning "wolf." It first appeared in written records during the Byzantine era, around the 5th century AD, in regions of modern-day Greece and Turkey.

One of the earliest known bearers of this name was Demetrios Lycans, a Byzantine scholar and philosopher who lived in the late 6th century. His writings on classical Greek literature and philosophy were influential during the Byzantine Renaissance.

In the 9th century, a monk named Theodoros Lycans is mentioned in a manuscript detailing the religious councils of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is believed to have been a prominent figure in the theological debates of his time.

During the 12th century, the name appears in several documents from the Principality of Achaea, a crusader state established in southern Greece. A nobleman named Georgios Lycans is recorded as having participated in the defense of the city of Patras against the Seljuk Turks in 1147.

In the 14th century, a merchant named Ioannis Lycans is mentioned in Venetian trade records, indicating that bearers of this surname had spread to areas under Venetian control in the Mediterranean.

Perhaps the most famous historical figure with this surname was the Renaissance humanist and scholar Konstantinos Lycans, born in 1425 in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul). He was a prominent figure in the revival of classical Greek literature and played a significant role in the spread of Greek learning to Western Europe after the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

While the surname "LYCANS" is relatively uncommon today, it continues to be found primarily in Greece and among Greek diaspora communities around the world, reflecting its ancient origins and connection to the Greek language and culture.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lycans

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lycans.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lycans was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lycans has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lycans was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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