Layana

Name: Layana: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Portuguese · Latin script

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

Layana is a given name, with more bearers in France than in any other country. It appears chiefly in Portuguese and French, written in the Latin script.

rarermore common

BRBrazil1 in 115K◐
FRFrance1 in 15K
BEBelgium1 in 88K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈6.9K ●
Sources: 95 ●
: 1 in 15K ◐

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Layana is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
FR France	4,475	—	1 in 15K	4.5K	—	—
BR Brazil	1,843	1.4K rec.	1 in 115K	1.8K	Layana	78
US United States	457	902 rec.	1 in 728K	457	Layana	95
BE Belgium	176	12 rec.	—	14	Layana	5
DE Germany	96	65 rec.	—	2	Layana	27
CA Canada	74	14 rec.	—	2	Layana	3
AU Australia	72	65 rec.	—	1	Layana	24
NL Netherlands	68△	19 rec.	1 in 254K	68	Layana	8
AT Austria	56	1 rec.	—	17	Layana	5
IN India	49	26 rec.	—	5	Layana	23
SE Sweden	46△	1 rec.	1 in 222K	46	—	2
GB United Kingdom	26	23 rec.	—	listed	Layana	16
SY Syria	10	9 rec.	—	—	Layana	7
PL Poland	9	—	1 in 4.3M	9	—	—
AO Angola	8	9 rec.	—	—	Layana	2
PH Philippines	8	17 rec.	—	—	Layana	2
DK Denmark	5	—	1 in 1.2M	5	—	—
PT Portugal	5	5 rec.	—	—	Layana	5
GY Guyana	1	2 rec.	1 in 750K	1	—	2
AR Argentina	—	—	—	155	—	—
ES Spain	—	32 rec.	—	132	—	14
YT Mayotte	—	—	—	10	—	—
FI Finland	—	—	—	10	—	—
NO Norway	—	2 rec.	—	8	—	2
GP Guadeloupe	—	—	—	5	—	—
MQ Martinique	—	—	—	5	—	—
GF French Guiana	—	—	—	5	—	—
RE Réunion	—	2 rec.	—	5	—	1
EC Ecuador	—	11 rec.	—	4	—	13
CR Costa Rica	—	0 rec.	—	2	—	1
IS Iceland	—	—	—	1	—	—
IT Italy	—	—	—	1	—	—
CL Chile	—	—	—	1	—	—
PK Pakistan	—	—	—	listed	—	—
EG Egypt	—	—	—	listed	—	—

Roughly 4.5K people in France bear this name (about 1 in 15K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

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

Languages●

Portuguese22K50%
French18K40%
English2.6K6%
Hindi4081%
Spanish2661%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Portuguese	22,243	50%
French	17,685	40%
English	2,585	6%
Hindi	408	1%
Spanish	266	1%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Layana is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

French given name18K records spelled Layana4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, Mayotte, French Guiana, Guadeloupe
Also written Lãÿãnã, Läyãnä, Layâna

39 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.

Over time●

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Layana in INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024), Ecuador, 1903–2024
Year	records
1903	1
1907	1
1911	2
1912	2
1915	1
1918	2
1919	2
1920	1
1921	4
1922	1
1923	4
1924	1
1925	4
1926	2
1927	1
1928	3
1929	2
1930	4
1931	1
1932	3
1933	2
1934	4
1936	4
1937	2
1938	5
1939	4
1940	3
1941	3
1942	5
1943	3
1944	4
1945	4
1946	9
1947	2
1948	8
1949	6
1950	6
1951	12
1952	5
1953	9
1954	11
1955	11
1956	15
1957	9
1958	7
1959	6
1960	11
1961	11
1962	10
1963	7
1964	11
1965	9
1966	19
1967	10
1968	7
1969	8
1970	11
1971	10
1972	8
1973	13
1974	11
1975	10
1976	11
1977	5
1978	7
1979	13
1980	15
1981	14
1982	11
1983	12
1984	5
1985	14
1986	14
1987	11
1988	2
1989	13
1990	9
1991	12
1992	12
1993	10
1994	12
1995	20
1996	9
1997	6
1998	6
1999	13
2000	7
2001	14
2002	11
2003	9
2004	15
2005	13
2006	14
2007	13
2008	13
2009	19
2010	16
2011	14
2012	18
2013	11
2014	11
2015	17
2016	13
2017	9
2018	11
2019	8
2020	6
2021	7
2022	7
2023	4
2024	4

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 111 years between 1903–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Attested in 46 sources across 31 countries.

Official registers attesting Layana
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
FR France	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)	2024	4.5K	#226
BR Brazil	IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)	2022	1.8K	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	1.8K	#5,401
BR Brazil	Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)	—	1.1K	#4,418
BR Brazil	IBGE — Nomes (census name API)	—	1K	#8,951
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	457	#21,948
AR Argentina	RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)	—	155	—
ES Spain	INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	132	#22,606
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	132	#22,519
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	68	#7,008
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	64	—
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	60	#10,666
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	2020	50	—
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	46	#14,326
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	24	—
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2024	17	#1,301
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2020	15	#51
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2019	15	#53
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2013	15	#64
BE Belgium	Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns)	2024	14	#613
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2024	13	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2023	12	—
YT Mayotte	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 976 (Mayotte)	2024	10	#35
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	10	#47,460
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	10	#48,421
YT Mayotte	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 976 (Mayotte)	2023	10	#43
YT Mayotte	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 976 (Mayotte)	2022	10	#48
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2019	10	—
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2018	10	#94
YT Mayotte	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 976 (Mayotte)	2018	10	#41
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2017	10	#93
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	9	#7,540
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	9	#7,541
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	8	#25,720
GF French Guiana	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana)	2024	5	#99
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	2024	5	#41
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2024	5	#252
MQ Martinique	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)	2019	5	#56
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	5	#12,903
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	5	#23,447
EC Ecuador	INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)	2024	4	—
CA Canada	Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender	2024	2	#1,544
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2024	2	#1,612
CR Costa Rica	TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names	—	2	#16,141
DE Germany	Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene	2020	2	—
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2024	1	#41,261
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	1	#21,948
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	1	#593
IT Italy	ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)	2024	1	#15,247
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	2021	1	—
AU Australia	AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD)	2017	1	—
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	2017	1	—
DE Germany	Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene	2022	1	#1
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2015	—	—
GB United Kingdom	NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present)	2007	—	—
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2025	—	—
IN India	Indian names with gender (Kaggle)	—	—	—
PK Pakistan	Muslim given names (CC0)	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—
EG Egypt	WGND 2.0 — Egypt given names	—	—	—

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Layana?: We estimate roughly 6.9 thousand people bear Layana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
In which country does Layana have the most bearers?: We estimate about 4.5 thousand people bear Layana in France, more than in any other country in our records.
Where is Layana most common?: Layana is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
Is Layana a male or female name?: Layana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

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, “Layana”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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