Last Name LAYLAND

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Meaning Local: At the lay land. Two parishes in county Lancashire bear the name of Layland or Leyland. 'Lay,' londe, not telyd. Thus Layland means fallow or unploughed land.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 39,678 (2000 US census) 30,096 (1990 US census)
Count 521 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97.5%, or 508 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.34%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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