How common is the surname Laney?

10,796 people in the United States had the surname Laney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,598 Americans. It ranked 3,323rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Laney?

Betnijah Laney, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by Benjamin Travis Laney.

Where is the surname Laney most common?

Wikidata records people named Laney in the United States.

How do you pronounce Laney?

Laney is /ˈleɪni/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Laney getting more or less common?

More common. 10,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,796 in 2010, up 3.9%.

What are other spellings of Laney?

Lanea, Lanee, Laneigh, Lanie and Lany.

Is Laney also a first name?

Yes. Laney is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Laney

A surname, carried by 10,796 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈleɪni/ 2 syllables Soundex L500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laney is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,796 people named Laney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,598 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,386.

#3,323

rank among US surnames

10,796

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,171)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,315	Nolen	10,820	28,535
#3,316	Hardesty	10,817	28,543
#3,317	Pauley	10,809	28,564
#3,318	Haddad	10,804	28,577
#3,319	Reiter	10,802	28,582
#3,320	Van	10,798	28,593
#3,322	Robins	10,797	28,595

Who is named Laney

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Laney identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lanea
Lanee
Laneigh
Lanie
Lany

Surnames that sound like Laney

Laney has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

Questions

How common is the surname Laney?: 10,796 people in the United States had the surname Laney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,598 Americans. It ranked 3,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laney?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Laney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Laney?: Betnijah Laney, American basketball player (born 1993), followed by Benjamin Travis Laney.
Where is the surname Laney most common?: Wikidata records people named Laney in the United States.
How do you pronounce Laney?: Laney is /ˈleɪni/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Laney getting more or less common?: More common. 10,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,796 in 2010, up 3.9%.
What are other spellings of Laney?: Lanea, Lanee, Laneigh, Lanie and Lany.
Is Laney also a first name?: Yes. Laney is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.