Landau Surname
Approximately 14,965 people bear this surname
Landau Surname Definition:
Place name in Germany.
Landau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,960 | 1:45,535 | 5,552 |
| Germany | 2,658 | 1:30,288 | 3,989 |
| England | 681 | 1:81,818 | 9,053 |
| France | 619 | 1:107,306 | 15,912 |
| Israel | 461 | 1:18,563 | 2,770 |
| Panama | 273 | 1:14,331 | 1,102 |
| Canada | 253 | 1:145,635 | 14,918 |
| Australia | 235 | 1:114,875 | 12,758 |
| Russia | 204 | 1:706,486 | 59,947 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Argentina | 181 | 1:236,151 | 19,247 |
| Brazil | 162 | 1:1,321,446 | 45,095 |
| South Africa | 102 | 1:531,154 | 42,340 |
| Switzerland | 94 | 1:87,371 | 9,726 |
| Belgium | 70 | 1:164,238 | 22,550 |
| Austria | 69 | 1:123,412 | 17,157 |
| Indonesia | 64 | 1:2,066,394 | 128,621 |
| Thailand | 63 | 1:1,121,244 | 165,873 |
| Ukraine | 54 | 1:843,013 | 83,340 |
| Poland | 50 | 1:760,175 | 61,940 |
| Latvia | 44 | 1:46,592 | 7,086 |
| Denmark | 37 | 1:152,560 | 13,318 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Italy | 29 | 1:2,108,851 | 90,314 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 144 | 1:348,741 | 26,729 |
Landau (284) may also be a first name.
Landau Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Place name in Germany.
(German) One who came from Landau (meadowland), the name of three towns in Germany.
(from a place name) From Landau, a town in Bavaria. When the city expelled its Jews in 1545, the refugees moved to Prague. Here the name first appears.
Landau Demographics
Average Male Landau Height
176.98 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Landau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Landau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Landau (Arabic: لندو, Georgian: ლანდაუ, Russian: Ландау) is found most in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Landau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 35,328th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 486,973 people. The surname Landau occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Landau live; 52 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 525,265th most frequent forename globally It is held by 284 people.
The surname Landau is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 7,960 people, or 1 in 45,535. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 35 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States Landau exists in 82 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 18 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Landau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Landau has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 5,528 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,432 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Landau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Landau last name are 41.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.12% being registered with the political party.
The amount Landau earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.04% less than the national average, earning 300,964 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 13.25% more than the national average, earning R 269,124 per year; in United States they earn 17.23% more than the national average, earning $50,584 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.51% more than the national average, earning $73,782 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Landau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Landau in the Georgian language | ||
| ლანდაუ | landau | - |
| Landau in the Russian language | ||
| Ландау | landau | - |
| Landau in the Arabic language | ||
| لندو | lndw | - |
| نداو | ndaw | - |
| لاندو | landw | - |
| اندو | andw | - |
| ندو | ndw | - |
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Landau Reference & Research
Landau FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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