How common is the surname Landis?

18,826 people in the United States had the surname Landis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,400 Americans. It ranked 1,912th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Landis?

John Landis, American film director, screenwriter and producer, followed by Floyd Landis.

Where is the surname Landis most common?

Wikidata records people named Landis in the United States.

Is the surname Landis getting more or less common?

More common. 18,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,826 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Landis

A surname, carried by 18,826 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Landis 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 18,826 people named Landis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,400 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,388.

#1,912

rank among US surnames

18,826

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,792)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,903	Weir	18,881	16,352
#1,904	Darling	18,879	16,354
#1,905	Barrientos	18,877	16,356
#1,906	Ogden	18,860	16,370
#1,907	McClendon	18,857	16,373
#1,908	Araujo	18,856	16,374
#1,909	Sumner	18,838	16,390

Who is named Landis

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

94% of people named Landis identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Landiss

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Landis
American film director, screenwriter and producer, born 1950
Floyd Landis
American road racing cyclist, born 1975
Carole Landis
American actress (1919–1948)
Geoffrey A. Landis
American aerospace engineer and science fiction author, born 1955
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
American judge and baseball commissioner (1866-1944)
Max Landis
American screenwriter, born 1985
Forrest Landis
American actor, born 1994
Cullen Landis
American actor, director (1896–1975)
Margaret Landis
American silent film actress (1890–1981)
Monte Landis
American actor, 1933–2024

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Landis

Landis has the Soundex code L532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L532.

Questions

How common is the surname Landis?: 18,826 people in the United States had the surname Landis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,400 Americans. It ranked 1,912th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Landis?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Landis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Landis?: John Landis, American film director, screenwriter and producer, followed by Floyd Landis.
Where is the surname Landis most common?: Wikidata records people named Landis in the United States.
Is the surname Landis getting more or less common?: More common. 18,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,826 in 2010, up 2.4%.