Laine Family History
Laine Name Meaning
Northern Irish: reduced form of Scottish McLean.English: perhaps a variant spelling of Lane.Finnish: ornamental name from laine ‘wave’. This is one of
the most common names among those that were derived from words
denoting natural features when hereditary surnames were adopted in
Finland in the beginning of the 20th century. This name is found
chiefly in southern Finland.French: metonymic occupational
name for a worker or dealer in wool, from Old French la(i)ne
‘wool’ (Latin lana).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Laine Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Laine families
 41 - 79  14 - 40 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Laine families
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71 - 139 24 - 70 |
1 - 23 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Laine families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Laine Family Origin
Laine Immigration Information
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Laine Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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