Landes is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Landes
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, Germany
Meaning:

Is variant form of Lander. In Cornwall and Devon the man who is stationed at the mouth of the shaft of a mine to receive the kibble or bucket. The Landers, well-known as African explorers, were natives of Cornwall.

A variant form of Landers. One who washed and bleached flax, wool, cloth, etc.

Dweller in, or near, the cultivated fields.

Is variant of Landis. Dweller in, or near, the cultivated fields.

The lastname is a form of Landor. The family of the poet, whose ancestors wrote themselves Launde and Launder, claim to derive from the ancient family of De la Launde. The suppression of the prefix and the addition of the final R, has many analogies.

How popular is Landes?

Landes is common in United States, France, Germany, Brazil, Israel, England.

Landes is ranked 43584 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Landes bearers increased by 2.83 per cent in 2010 US census to 4404 since 2000, the surname slipped by 366 spots and ranked at 7550. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.48 96.26
Hispanic or Latino 2.97 1.59
Others 0.98 1.17
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0.47
Black 0.5 0.33
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.19
Landes is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however France lie ahead in terms of density. Around 11941 person has been found who wears Landes as their family name. Landes is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Landes:
6,730 United States6,409
3,633 France2,236
5,714 Germany1,851
Countries with hundreds of Landes:
11,759 Brazil702
6,361 Israel178
30,397 England120
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,682 Nicaragua80
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
73,252 Canada38
2,560 Honduras33
21,684 Switzerland31
55,860 Australia29
226,919 Russia28
12,337 Ecuador23
420,161 India21
100,871 Argentina21
15,474 Estonia15
69,669 Spain13
61,223 Sweden12
202,133 Philippines12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,910 Chile8
26,877 Uruguay6
553,295 Thailand6
4,053 El Salvador6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

21 years old joiner Isac Landes who was residing in Wurtemberg migrated to USA on July 12, 1850 by Richard Anderson put out from Rotterdam. 24 years old Christine Landes, Anna Landes, aged 10, John Landes, aged 26, Jacob Landes, aged 25, Michael Landes (32) Barber, G.A. Landes (34) Merchant, 7 years old Carl Landes, The. Landes (18) Surgeon, and 31 other Landes around 41.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as merchant and servant, laborer migrated to US from Bremen, Havre, Bremen & Southampton and Hamburg & Southampton.

Landes Namesakes

  • Richard Landes, American historian and author of Jewish origin
  • Bertha Knight Landes, first female mayor of a major American city
  • David Landes, professor of economics and of history at Harvard University
  • William Landes, American economist
  • Lewis Landes, US Army Colonel and a lawyer
  • Michael Landes, American actor
  • Silas Z. Landes, U.S. Representative from Illinois

Landes Namesakes

  • Richard Landes, American historian and author of Jewish origin
  • Bertha Knight Landes, first female mayor of a major American city
  • David Landes, professor of economics and of history at Harvard University
  • William Landes, American economist
  • Lewis Landes, US Army Colonel and a lawyer
  • Michael Landes, American actor
  • Silas Z. Landes, U.S. Representative from Illinois

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