# Layne (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,367 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,697 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,098 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (13,084 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Topographic surname from lane.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Layne 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Layne in the United States.

## People named Layne

- Kiki Layne, American actress
- Bobby Layne, American football player (1926–1986)
- Mary Katharine Brandegee, American botanist (1844-1920)

## Similar surnames

Lane, Laney, Laine, Lan, Lain, Lanoue, Lyne, Lyn, Lamy, Lehane, Luna, Leon.

## 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.