Layne Surname
Approximately 23,834 people bear this surname
Layne Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller by certain tracts of arable land at the foot of the Sussex Downs.
Layne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,567 | 1:19,522 | 2,447 |
| Barbados | 1,388 | 1:207 | 38 |
| Guyana | 718 | 1:1,062 | 162 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 602 | 1:2,266 | 391 |
| Canada | 600 | 1:61,409 | 7,197 |
| England | 484 | 1:115,120 | 11,771 |
| Panama | 259 | 1:15,105 | 1,138 |
| Jamaica | 220 | 1:13,045 | 1,308 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 192 | 1:587 | 125 |
| Australia | 129 | 1:209,269 | 20,284 |
| New Zealand | 80 | 1:56,604 | 8,933 |
| Russia | 78 | 1:1,847,731 | 118,322 |
| Ecuador | 53 | 1:300,110 | 9,008 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| South Africa | 40 | 1:1,354,443 | 73,245 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Grenada | 32 | 1:3,392 | 511 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 21 | 1:4,722 | 620 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 1:341,434 | 3,425 |
| Montserrat | 13 | 1:381 | 72 |
| Nicaragua | 12 | 1:501,758 | 3,714 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Saint Lucia | 8 | 1:22,348 | 1,601 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 26 | 1:170,379 | 8,688 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 94 | 1:259,312 | 18,589 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,332 | 1:37,702 | 4,470 |
Layne (12,476) may also be a first name.
Layne Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller by certain tracts of arable land at the foot of the Sussex Downs.
(English) One who lived near the rural road, or narrow way between fences or hedges.
Layne Demographics
Average Layne Salary in
United States
$40,704 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Layne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Layne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Layne (Marathi: लायणे, Russian: Лайне) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Layne.
How Common Is The Last Name Layne? popularity and diffusion
The last name Layne is the 22,783rd most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 305,763 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Layne live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. Layne is also the 52,779th most common given name globally, held by 12,476 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 18,567 people, or 1 in 19,522. In The United States it is most frequent in: Tennessee, where 11 percent live, Virginia, where 10 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States it occurs in 76 countries. It is also found in Barbados, where 6 percent live and Guyana, where 3 percent live.
Layne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Layne has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Layne last name rose 1,394 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 515 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 96 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Layne Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Layne last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Layne surname are 13.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.71% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Layne earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 201.22% more than the national average, earning 1,042,470 kr per year; in Peru they earn 34.32% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,733 per year; in South Africa they earn 4% more than the national average, earning R 247,152 per year; in United States they earn 5.67% less than the national average, earning $40,704 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.83% more than the national average, earning $52,580 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Layne Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Layne in the Marathi language | ||
| लायणे | layane | - |
| Layne in the Russian language | ||
| Лайне | lajne | - |
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