# Lane (surname)

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

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a lane.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 134,227 |
| US rank (2010) | 216 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,300 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (128,727 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /leɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As an English surname, from lane; as an Irish surname, from several origins, including Laighin. See Lane.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lane 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lane in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Lane

- Diane Lane, American actress
- Nathan Lane, American actor
- Sasha Lane, American actress
- Priscilla Lane, American actress (1915–1995)
- David Eden Lane, American white supremacist
- Francis Lane, athletics competitor (1874-1927)
- Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist (1886–1968)
- Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder (1880-1969)
- Charles Lane, American actor (1905–2007)
- Abbe Lane, American singer and actress (1932-2026)
- Sunny Lane, American pornographic actress
- Lauren Lane, American actress

and 49 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Layne, Laney, Laine, Lan, Line, Lian, Lain, Lanoue, Lanni, Lone, Lyne, Lean.

## 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.