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    The surname Landa

    A Spanish surname, carried by 8,267 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L530

    Landa: #4,298 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Landa #4,298, 8,267 people Landa: #4,298 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Landa #4,298, 8,267 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Landa is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Landa.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,267 people named Landa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,347 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,765.

    #4,298
    rank among US surnames
    8,267
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,539)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,293Bianchi8,28437,270
    #4,295Samaniego8,28137,284
    #4,297Rousseau8,27037,333
    #4,298Landa8,26737,347

    Who is named Landa

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Landa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 24% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Landa

    Landa has the Soundex code L530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L530.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Landa come from?
    From Spanish Landa.
    How common is the surname Landa?
    8,267 people in the United States had the surname Landa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,347 Americans. It ranked 4,298th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Landa?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Landa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Landa getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,267 in 2010, up 43%.