Laney is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Laney
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Laney

How popular is Laney?

Laney is common in United States.

Laney is ranked 36127 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Laney bearers increased by 3.947622 per cent in 2010 US census to 10796 since 2000, the surname slipped by 152 spots and ranked at 3323. The last name was found in around 37 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.92 83.84
Black 11.81 12.28
Others 2.02 1.55
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.79 0.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.46 0.41
Laney is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 13701 people have been found who wears Laney as their family name. Laney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
661,536 Indonesia3
131,225 Spain2
1,500,361 India2
24,766 Scotland2
54,135 Philippines2
26,123 Malaysia2
7,895 South Korea1
846 American Samoa1
30,360 Thailand1
6,149 Ethiopia1
277,603 France1
172,258 Germany1
16,640 Hong Kong1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
1,572 Macau1
56,169 Mexico1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,724 New Caledonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
62,494 Netherlands22
42,407 Sweden22
2,558 China17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,845 Canada78
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Laney:
11,085 England565
11,535 Australia241
6,410 New Zealand116
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with ten thousands of Laney:
3,238 United States12,429
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Laney was 21 years old when he migrated to Unknown location during Irish famine on July 2, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as immigrant and took Caroline Nesmith from Liverpool. 20 years old Pat Laney, Carpenter William Laney, Servant George Laney, William Laney, aged 23, Patrick Laney, Alice Laney, aged 20, William Laney, aged 11, 26 years old John Laney, and 7 other Laney around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Laney Namesakes

  • James T. Laney, Ambassador
  • Culbert B. Laney, Author
  • Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen, Author
  • Pete Laney, Politician
  • Pete Laney, Politician
  • Betnijah Laney, Basketball Player
  • Pete Laney, Politician
  • Margaret Laney, Film producer
  • Jason Laney, Cricket Player
  • Chris Laney, Musical Artist

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