Last Name LEYLAND

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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.
Local: A variant is Layland.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 41,060 (2000 US census) 46,579 (1990 US census)
Count 501 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.61%, or 474 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 1.8%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.4%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.2%, or 6 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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