How common is the surname Landers?

19,144 people in the United States had the surname Landers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,128 Americans. It ranked 1,876th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Landers?

Audrey Landers, American actress and singer, followed by Lew Landers.

Where is the surname Landers most common?

Wikidata records people named Landers in the United States.

How do you pronounce Landers?

Landers is /ˈlændɚz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Landers getting more or less common?

More common. 18,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,144 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Landers

A surname, carried by 19,144 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlændɚz/ 2 syllables Soundex L536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Landers is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,144 people named Landers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,128 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,308.

#1,876

rank among US surnames

19,144

people in 2010

6.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,802)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,867	Story	19,218	16,065
#1,868	Valentin	19,211	16,071
#1,869	Yost	19,210	16,072
#1,870	Langford	19,208	16,074
#1,871	Herndon	19,183	16,095
#1,872	Napier	19,182	16,096
#1,873	Lai	19,157	16,117

Who is named Landers

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

83% of people named Landers identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Landerss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Audrey Landers
American actress and singer, born 1956
Lew Landers
American film and television director (1901–1962)
Harry Landers
American actor (1921–2017)
Judy Landers
American actress, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Landers

Landers has the Soundex code L536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L536.

Questions

How common is the surname Landers?: 19,144 people in the United States had the surname Landers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,128 Americans. It ranked 1,876th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Landers?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Landers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Landers?: Audrey Landers, American actress and singer, followed by Lew Landers.
Where is the surname Landers most common?: Wikidata records people named Landers in the United States.
How do you pronounce Landers?: Landers is /ˈlændɚz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Landers getting more or less common?: More common. 18,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,144 in 2010, up 4.6%.