# Laney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/laney/  
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) | 10,796 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,323 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,598 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (10,386 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈleɪni/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Lanea, Lanee, Laneigh, Lanie, Lany |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Laney 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Laney in the United States.

## People named Laney

- Betnijah Laney, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Benjamin Travis Laney, Arkansas governor (1896-1977)

## Similar surnames

Lane, Layne, Looney, Loney, Laine, Lan, Lain, Lanoue, Lowney, Lamy, Lamey, Luna.

## 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.