# Lainez (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lainez/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,762 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,720 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 82,070 people |
| Change since 2000 | +86% (2,018 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lainez in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lainez in Spain.

## People named Lainez

- Diego Laynez, (1512-1565) Superior General of the Society of Jesus

## Similar surnames

Lance, Lanza, Lines, Lanz, Linzy, Lanuza, Lange, Laing, Lawing, Linke, Long, Lynch.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.