The Layne surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,367 people carried this name — #2,697 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 13,084 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Layne surname

Topographic surname from lane.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Layne» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 30 people named Layne.

Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

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

Where they were born

Seine-Maritime 11
Morbihan 9
Calvados 7
Charente-Maritime 2
Allier 1

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

In print

Layne in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Layne
The Rice Belt Journal 1912-02-02
Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Layne
The Rice Belt Journal 1912-01-26
Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Layne
The Rice Belt Journal 1912-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Layne in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,065 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Layne. The most, 221, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 322
Queensland 252
New South Wales 240
South Australia 97
Tasmania 83
Western Australia 57
ACT (Canberra) 11

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Layne.

Who carried it

People named Layne,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Katharine Brandegee
    Mary Katharine Brandegee 1844–1920 · editor
  • Oliver Layne
    Oliver Layne 1876–1932 · cricketer
  • Bobby Layne
    Bobby Layne 1926–1986 · baseball player
  • Maude Wanzer Layne 1899–1951
  • Kevin Layne 1901– · television director
  • Hillis Layne 1918–2010 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Layne,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States789 records

789 records of the Layne name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 447
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 135
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 86
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 82
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas Elsworth Layne

    Born 1944; from Chattanooga, Tennessee. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold I. Layne

    Born 1920 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa; route man from Tulsa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Feagin Cemetery, Leggett, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Honor Layne

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Industry from Sligo, aged 15; laborer. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 789 records for Layne in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia16 records

16 records of the Layne name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Layne

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Royal Charter, aged 19; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Clarice Mary Layne

    Investor of Dingley Village, Victoria; died 1997.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record W.h Layne

    Left Hobart Town in 1852 aboard the Alice, bound for Whaling Voyage, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Layne in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France13 records

13 records of the Layne name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Muguette Paulette Augustine Layne

    Born 1924 in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (Seine-Maritime); died 1999 in Ablon (Calvados).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gerard Henri Louis Layne

    Born 1951 in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray; died 1999 in Rouen (Seine-Maritime).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mathurin Vincent Marie Layne

    Born 1908 in Baden (Morbihan); died 1995 in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Layne in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Layne name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ivan J. Layne

    Died 1919 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Byron St. Alton Layne

    Born 1919 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Irving Gerome Layne

    Born 1918 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Layne name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. Layne

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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