Surname Лайман (Lyman 
, Лайман 
) , throughout the world, is a common last name. The last name Лайман is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, Israel, and Botswana. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, Лайман is the forename as well as the last name.