How common is the last name Lanier?

19,774 people in the United States have the last name Lanier, about 1 in 15,116. It ranks #1,769 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LANIER

#1,769

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,774
About
1 in 15,116
This common or more
46.3%
Who bears it

Of the 19,774 people with the last name Lanier, 64% reported their origin as White, 27.9% 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.

Either side of Lanier

#1,767 Starks · 19,797#1,768 Timmons · 19,778#1,770 Escamilla · 19,757#1,771 Linares · 19,755

Spelled almost the same

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

#76,719 Laner · 270#149,446 Lanner · 110

Also a first name

As a first name, Lanier ranks #14,042 of 53,615, with 846 people. See Lanier as a first name

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