How rare is the last name Laney?

10,200 people in the United States have the last name Laney, about 1 in 29,304. It ranks #3,421 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

LANEY

#3,421

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,200
About
1 in 29,304
This common or more
54.1%
Who bears it

Of the 10,200 people with the last name Laney, 79.4% reported their origin as White, 12.3% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Laney

1 other last name also has 10,200 people.

#3,421 Gulley · 10,200

Either side of Laney

#3,420 Massie · 10,201#3,421 Gulley · 10,200#3,423 Crooks · 10,198#3,424 Ness · 10,195

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Laney, most common first.

#223 Lane · 129,618#17,107 Lamey · 1,621#113,565 Launey · 164

Also a first name

As a first name, Laney ranks #2,284 of 53,615, with 11,318 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2006, with 640 births. See Laney as a first name

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