# Lant (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lant/  
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 Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 574 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,532 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 537,884 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (574 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English langet, a derivative of lang (“long”), denoting someone who lived by a long strip of ground.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lant 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Land, Landa, Landau, Lent, Lunt, Landy, Lint, Landi, Lando, Lande, Lund, Lind.

## 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.