Lane Forename
26,127th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 32,597 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands
Lane Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: A passageway.
Lane Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 79% | 26,555 | 1:13,652 | 1,306 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,229 | 1:26,960 | 2,220 |
| Brazil | 61% | 1,226 | 1:174,744 | 8,155 |
| Philippines | 93% | 1,094 | 1:96,901 | 5,498 |
| Guinea | - | 300 | 1:39,529 | 1,441 |
| Australia | - | 284 | 1:48,090 | 2,319 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52% | 214 | 1:38,095 | 3,734 |
| New Zealand | - | 210 | 1:21,600 | 1,658 |
| China | - | 146 | 1:9,356,546 | 59,579 |
| India | 54% | 122 | 1:9,958,016 | 299,775 |
| South Africa | 51% | 115 | 1:474,197 | 23,094 |
| England | 76% | 104 | 1:534,643 | 11,105 |
| Indonesia | - | 93 | 1:2,773,803 | 130,249 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 73 | 1:2,662,434 | 32,624 |
| Peru | 93% | 66 | 1:481,689 | 8,713 |
| Zimbabwe | 72% | 56 | 1:275,425 | 15,115 |
| Ireland | 61% | 51 | 1:91,049 | 2,347 |
| Zambia | - | 44 | 1:360,336 | 9,638 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 43 | 1:552,783 | 29,454 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 33 | 1:654,864 | 19,559 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 1:282,475 | 5,507 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Afghanistan | 91% | 19 | 1:1,717,027 | 16,500 |
| Netherlands | 57% | 18 | 1:939,005 | 16,684 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Cambodia | 56% | 15 | 1:1,084,889 | 16,581 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Malaysia | 71% | 12 | 1:2,537,495 | 69,200 |
| Mexico | 50% | 12 | 1:10,345,369 | 31,278 |
| Singapore | - | 11 | 1:571,550 | 11,876 |
| Thailand | 58% | 11 | 1:6,369,619 | 106,118 |
| Chile | 80% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| France | 100% | 10 | 1:6,647,034 | 24,227 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Serbia | 67% | 10 | 1:714,572 | 5,483 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9 | 1:1,276,671 | 14,181 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Germany | 74% | 8 | 1:12,084,734 | 38,839 |
| Ivory Coast | 60% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Nepal | 67% | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Venezuela | 91% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Nigeria | 81% | 6 | 1:29,594,060 | 217,150 |
| Switzerland | 75% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Albania | 86% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Scotland | - | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 5 | 1:491,752 | 5,628 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Argentina | 67% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Niger | 67% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Uganda | 50% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Italy | 62% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Finland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Lané (19), Lanë (4) & Lañe (1) are calculated separately.
Lane (252,540) may also be a surname.
Lane Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: A passageway.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Lane Forename Popularity
Lane Demographics
Lane Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 30 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Lane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lane in the Russian language | ||
| Лане | lane | - |
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