The Lana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 841 people carried this name — #28,380 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is down 6% from 893 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 638 people named Lana 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 140 people named Lana.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Isère.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Lana live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Lana 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
35 people named Lana is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Lana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francesco Lana de Terzi 1631–1687 · naturalist -
Pietro Lana 1888–1950 · association football player -
Pietro Lana 1888–1950 · association football player
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Lodovico Lana d. 1553 · jurist-consultant
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Julius Lana 1561–1609 · Catholic priest
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Ludovico Lana 1597–1646 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lana.
- Lamperti 133 · U.S. census
- Lample 130 · U.S. census
- Lampson 836 · U.S. census
- Lams 194 · U.S. census
- Lamy 1,486 · U.S. census
- Lan 3,262 · U.S. census
- Lanata 143 · U.S. census
- Lance 13,122 · U.S. census
- Lancelin 149 · U.S. census
- Lancelot 157 · U.S. census
- Lancia 565 · U.S. census
- Lancon 637 · U.S. census
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