Laínez

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Laínez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Honduras than in any other country, where it is the 57th most common surname. Recorded meaning: patronymic from the personal name Lain.

rarermore common
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 473(inferred from the name graph)
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 1.1K
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 1.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Honduras (inferred from the name graph)

≈20,000 people, est.

Sources
232 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 473 (inferred from the name graph)

Honduras, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lainez in HN Honduras, SV El Salvador, US United States and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

patronymic from the personal name Lain.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Laínez counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Laínez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HN Honduras#57≈20,000 est.≈1 in 473—Lainez58
SV El Salvador#166≈6,100 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Lainez34
US United States—3,7621 in 88K4.5KLainez232
NI Nicaragua#206≈3,300 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Lainez18
ES Spain—3,1471 in 16K3.1KLainez119
GT Guatemala#503≈1,600 est.≈1 in 10K—Lainez21

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Laínez is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Láinez, Lainez

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Philippines

    Also written Lainez, Láinez

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Lainez, Láinez

  • Sinhala surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Lainez

  • Persian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Lainez, Láinez

9 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Diego Laynez, b. 1512José de Láyñez y Gutiérrez, b. 1590Ángel Rubio Laínez, b. 1846Francisco Galián, b. 1939Victorino Laínez Muntané, b. 1962Josep Carles Laínez, b. 1970Rigoberto Gómez, b. 1977Selvin Laínez, b. 1983Mauro Lainez, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Laínez mean, and where does it come from?
patronymic from the personal name Lain. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Laínez have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named Laínez in Honduras, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lainez.
How common is the name Laínez?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,762 people named Laínez in 2010, about 1 in 88 thousand residents.
How common is Laínez compared with other names?
In Honduras, Laínez is the 57th most common surname of 30,461 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Laínez” — the 57th most common surname in Honduras. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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