# Landry (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/landry/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 39,391 |
| US rank (2010) | 884 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,838 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (37,961 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

French, from the Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), + ric, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“mighty”). Cognate to the Spanish given name Landerico, Landrigo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Landry in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Landry in the United States and France.

## People named Landry

- Jeff Landry, American politician (born 1970)
- Nelly Landry, Belgian-French tennis player
- Carl Landry, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Ali Landry, American actress
- Tom Landry, American football coach and player (1924–2000)
- Marcus Landry, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Jarvis Landry, American football player

## Similar surnames

Lander, Leandro, Landers, Landrum, Landeros, Landreth, Landwehr, Lantrip, Linder, Linderman, Lindauer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.