The surname Lands
A surname, carried by 1,509 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex L532
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,509 people named Lands in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,478.
#18,354
rank among US surnames
1,509
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+2.1%
change since 2000 (was #17,556)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #18,347 | Rushin | 1,510 | 204,467 |
| #18,354 | Lands | 1,509 | 204,603 |
Who is named Lands
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Lands identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 79%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Lands 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 Lands?
- 1,509 people in the United States had the surname Lands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. It ranked 18,354th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lands?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Lands identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Lands getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,509 in 2010, up 2.1%.