How common is the surname Landwehr?

2,401 people in the United States had the surname Landwehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,590 Americans. It ranked 12,831st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Landwehr?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Landwehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Landwehr getting more or less common?

More common. 2,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,401 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Landwehr

A surname, carried by 2,401 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). Landwehr is more common than 92.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,401 people named Landwehr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,590 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,320.

#12,831

rank among US surnames

2,401

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,292)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,825	Grays	2,404	128,430
#12,827	Tercero	2,403	128,483
#12,830	Yale	2,402	128,537
#12,831	Loe	2,401	128,590
#12,833	Vinci	2,400	128,644
#12,835	Digirolamo	2,399	128,698
#12,837	Perreira	2,398	128,751

Who is named Landwehr

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

97% of people named Landwehr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Landwehr

Landwehr 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 Landwehr?: 2,401 people in the United States had the surname Landwehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,590 Americans. It ranked 12,831st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Landwehr?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Landwehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Landwehr getting more or less common?: More common. 2,320 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,401 in 2010, up 3.5%.