The Laine surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,456 people carried this name — #9,407 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,306 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,576 people named Laine.
81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 63 people named Laine live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 61 people named Laine live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
58 people named Laine live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
18,004 people named Laine are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Laine in American newspapers,
1882–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 109,359 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Laine,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julien Laine 1862–1944 · politician -
Augusta Laine 1867–1949 · politician -
Oskari Fredrik Laine 1870–1937 · politician -
Wilho Laine 1875–1918 · politician -
Eine Laine 1892–1970 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 261 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Laine.
- Laher 178 · U.S. census
- Lahoz 269 · U.S. census
- Lai 19,157 · U.S. census
- Laib 510 · U.S. census
- Laigo 150 · U.S. census
- Lain 2,649 · U.S. census
- Lainez 3,762 · U.S. census
- Lair 3,923 · U.S. census
- Laire 104 · U.S. census
- Lajara 773 · U.S. census
- Lajaunie 354 · U.S. census
- Lajeunesse 1,367 · U.S. census
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