How common is the surname Landreth?

4,568 people in the United States had the surname Landreth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,589 Americans. It ranked 7,298th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Landreth?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Landreth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Landreth?

Sonny Landreth, American musician, followed by Chris Landreth.

Where is the surname Landreth most common?

Wikidata records people named Landreth in the United States.

Is the surname Landreth getting more or less common?

More common. 4,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,568 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Landreth

A surname, carried by 4,568 people in the United States.

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). Landreth is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

Scottish surname of unclear origin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,568 people named Landreth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,589 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,450.

#7,298

rank among US surnames

4,568

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,949)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,292	Clair	4,571	67,544
#7,293	Via	4,570	67,559
#7,295	Weitzel	4,569	67,574
#7,298	Halliday	4,568	67,589
#7,301	Grass	4,567	67,604
#7,303	Bobadilla	4,566	67,618

Who is named Landreth

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

92% of people named Landreth identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Landreths

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sonny Landreth
American musician, born 1951
Chris Landreth
American animator working in Canada, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Landrith

Surnames that sound like Landreth

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

Questions

Where does the surname Landreth come from?: Scottish surname of unclear origin.
How common is the surname Landreth?: 4,568 people in the United States had the surname Landreth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,589 Americans. It ranked 7,298th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Landreth?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Landreth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Landreth?: Sonny Landreth, American musician, followed by Chris Landreth.
Where is the surname Landreth most common?: Wikidata records people named Landreth in the United States.
Is the surname Landreth getting more or less common?: More common. 4,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,568 in 2010, up 2.7%.
What are other spellings of Landreth?: Landrith.