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The Line surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,231 people carried this name — #9,983 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,147 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Line surname

From the Middle English surname, derived from the Anglo-Norman suffix -line found in names such as Adeline and Madeline.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Line» (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 274 people named Line.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Somme.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Somme 100
Pas-de-Calais 31
Mayenne 24
Nièvre 14
Calvados 12
Paris 10
Yvelines 9
Val-d’Oise 8

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

In print

Line in American newspapers,
1915–1919.

Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Line
The Glasgow Courier 1919-08-15
Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Line
The Glasgow Courier 1919-08-15
Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Line
The Glasgow Courier 1915-03-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,083,955 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Line,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francis Line
    Francis Line 1595–1675 · physicist
  • Jim Line
    Jim Line 1926–2013 · basketball player
  • Anne Line 1567–1601
  • Anna Kirstina Jonsdatter Høyland 1767–1798
  • William Line 1897–1964
  • Maurice Line 1928–2010 · librarian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Line.

When the index is not enough

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