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    The surname Lanz

    A surname, carried by 2,285 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L520

    Lanz: #13,344 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lanz #13,344, 2,285 people Lanz: #13,344 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lanz #13,344, 2,285 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lanz is more common than 91.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,285 people named Lanz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,118 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,306.

    #13,344
    rank among US surnames
    2,285
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,355)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,338Saxena2,286135,059
    #13,344Stroupe2,285135,118
    #13,349Starbuck2,284135,178

    Who is named Lanz

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

    85% of people named Lanz identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lanz

    Lanz has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lanz?
    2,285 people in the United States had the surname Lanz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,118 Americans. It ranked 13,344th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lanz?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lanz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lanz getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,285 in 2010, down 0.9%.