# Landau (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/landau/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,582 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,137 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,311 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (4,675 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlændaʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Landau.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Landau in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Landau in the United States, Habsburg monarchy and Austria.

## People named Landau

- Martin Landau, American actor (1928–2017)
- Jon Landau, American film producer (1960–2024)
- Juliet Landau, American actress
- Jon Landau, American music critic, manager, and record producer
- Michael Landau, American musician
- Yechezkel Landau, 18th century European rabbi & halachic authority
- Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
- David Landau, actor (1879-1935)
- Kurt Landau, Austrian writer (1903-1937)
- Christopher Landau, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1963)
- Ralph Landau, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur and economist

## Similar surnames

Land, Landa, Landy, Landi, Lando, Lande, Linda, Lant, Lund, Lind, Lundy, Lent.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.