The Lanier surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 20,181 people carried this name — #1,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,400 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 737 people named Lanier.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 16

Côte-d’Or 129

Paris 76

Haute-Saône 40

Aube 39

Saône-et-Loire 37

Pas-de-Calais 33

Côtes-d’Armor 30

Somme 27

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

37 people named Lanier live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 31

Vaud 6

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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