How common is the surname Lansing?

3,770 people in the United States had the surname Lansing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,895 Americans. It ranked 8,706th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lansing?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lansing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Lansing?

Robert Lansing, American politician (1864-1928), followed by Joi Lansing.

Where is the surname Lansing most common?

Wikidata records people named Lansing in the United States.

How do you pronounce Lansing?

Lansing is /ˈlænsɪŋ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lansing getting more or less common?

More common. 3,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,770 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Lansing

A surname, carried by 3,770 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlænsɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex L525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lansing is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,770 people named Lansing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,895 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,515.

#8,706

rank among US surnames

3,770

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,617)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,700	Andujar	3,773	81,830
#8,704	Shahan	3,772	81,852
#8,705	Avilez	3,771	81,874
#8,706	Kallas	3,770	81,895
#8,710	Just	3,769	81,917
#8,711	Gish	3,768	81,939

Who is named Lansing

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

87% of people named Lansing identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lansings

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Lansing
American politician (1864-1928)
Joi Lansing
American actress (1928–1972)
Sherry Lansing
American film studio executive and actress, born 1944
Robert Lansing
American actor (1928-1994)
John Lansing Jr.
American politician (1754-1829)
Alfred Lansing
American journalist (1921-1975)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lansing

Lansing has the Soundex code L525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L525.

Questions

How common is the surname Lansing?: 3,770 people in the United States had the surname Lansing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,895 Americans. It ranked 8,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lansing?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lansing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Lansing?: Robert Lansing, American politician (1864-1928), followed by Joi Lansing.
Where is the surname Lansing most common?: Wikidata records people named Lansing in the United States.
How do you pronounce Lansing?: Lansing is /ˈlænsɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Lansing getting more or less common?: More common. 3,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,770 in 2010, up 7.3%.