# Line (surname)

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

An English and Scottish surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,231 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,983 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 95,557 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (3,147 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Middle English surname, derived from the Anglo-Norman suffix -line found in names such as Adeline and Madeline.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Line 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Lane, Lin, Linn, Lien, Lino, Laine, Lian, Lain, Lein, Lone, Lyne, Linne.

## 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.