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    The surname Landen

    A Swedish surname, carried by 971 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L535

    Landen: #25,459 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Landen #25,459, 971 people Landen: #25,459 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Landen #25,459, 971 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Landen is more common than 84.3% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Landén, an ornamental surname composed of the element land (“land”).

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 971 people named Landen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 317,967 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 942.

    #25,459
    rank among US surnames
    971
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #24,807)

    Who is named Landen

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

    91% of people named Landen identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Landen

    Landen has the Soundex code L535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L535.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Landen come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Landén, an ornamental surname composed of the element land (“land”).
    How common is the surname Landen?
    971 people in the United States had the surname Landen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 317,967 Americans. It ranked 25,459th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Landen?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Landen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Landen getting more or less common?
    More common. 942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 971 in 2010, up 3.1%.