How common is the surname Landau?

5,582 people in the United States had the surname Landau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,311 Americans. It ranked 6,137th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Landau?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Landau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Landau?

Martin Landau, American actor (1928–2017), followed by Jon Landau.

Where is the surname Landau most common?

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

How do you pronounce Landau?

Landau is /ˈlændaʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Landau getting more or less common?

More common. 4,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,582 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Landau

A surname, carried by 5,582 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlændaʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex L530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Landau is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

From German Landau.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,582 people named Landau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,311 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,675.

#6,137

rank among US surnames

5,582

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+19.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,664)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,133	Priddy	5,586	55,271
#6,134	Rodman	5,585	55,281
#6,136	Helmick	5,583	55,301
#6,137	Lessard	5,582	55,311
#6,139	Gaskill	5,581	55,321

Who is named Landau

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

96% of people named Landau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Landaus

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Martin Landau
American actor (1928–2017)
Jon Landau
American film producer (1960–2024)
Juliet Landau
American actress, born 1965
Jon Landau
American music critic, manager, and record producer, born 1947
Michael Landau
American musician, born 1958
Yechezkel Landau
18th century European rabbi & halachic authority, 1713–1793
Susan Landau
American mathematician and engineer, born 1954
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, 1916–2004

Notable Landaus come mostly from the United States (9), Habsburg monarchy (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Landau

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

Questions

Where does the surname Landau come from?: From German Landau.
How common is the surname Landau?: 5,582 people in the United States had the surname Landau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,311 Americans. It ranked 6,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Landau?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Landau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Landau?: Martin Landau, American actor (1928–2017), followed by Jon Landau.
Where is the surname Landau most common?: Wikidata records people named Landau in the United States, Habsburg monarchy and Austria.
How do you pronounce Landau?: Landau is /ˈlændaʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Landau getting more or less common?: More common. 4,675 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,582 in 2010, up 19%.