How Many People Have the Last Name Lanier?
people had the surname Lanier in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 14,045 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+816 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Lanier (67.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 27.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Lanier ranks #1,274. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 69.8% to 67.5%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Lanier grew from 20,181 people in 2000 to 20,997 in 2010 (up 4%), and its rank fell from #1,625 to #1,712. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 7.48 to 7.12 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 20,181 | 20,997 |
| Rank | #1,625 | #1,712 |
| Per 100,000 people | 7.48 | 7.12 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Lanier
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Lanier: L560
👤 Lanier as a First Name
Lanier is a first name too: about 829 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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