Layn Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 10
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Layn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Layn family

Profession Census Frequency
Nurse 2
Scholar 2
Woodman's Son 2
Brickmaker 1
Woodman 1
Woodman's Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Layn

Name Census Frequency
William Layn 13
Robert Layn 9
George Layn 8
Henry Layn 8
James Layn 7
John Layn 7
Mary Layn 7
Harriet Layn 6
Edward Layn 4
Maria Layn 4
Sarah Layn 4
Charles Layn 3
Ellen Layn 3
Emily Layn 3
Harriett Layn 3
Jane Layn 3
Phoebe Layn 3
Rachel Layn 3
Richard Layn 3
Rosa Layn 3
Agnes Layn 2
Annie Layn 2
Charlotte Layn 2
David Layn 2
Elizabeth Layn 2

Layn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lane 50% 150,628
2 Lyon 50% 31,931
3 Lyne 50% 10,366
4 Laine 60% 2,034
5 Lain 75% 1,310
6 Layne 80% 1,210
7 Lyan 50% 467
8 Loyn 75% 218
9 Lyone 40% 200
10 Loyne 60% 187
11 Loyan 60% 158
12 Layn 100% 146
13 Lyn 75% 109
14 Layen 80% 102

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The surname Layn is the 12th most popular variant of Lane.

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