# Lanza (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lanza/  
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 Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,819 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,923 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,058 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (5,028 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian Lanza, from Latin Lancia, from lancea (“spear, lance”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lanza 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 23% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lanza in the United States.

## People named Lanza

- Jack Lanza, American professional wrestler
- Adam Lanza, American spree killer; perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (1992–2012
- Robert Lanza, American stem cell researcher (born 1956)

## Similar surnames

Lainez, Lanz, Llanas, Lanuza, Lang, Long, Lynch, Lyons, Lange, Lemus, Liang, Link.

## 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.