Landauer Surname

161,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,687 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Landauer Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Landau (meadowland), the name of three towns in Germany.

Landauer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9351:387,65734,118
Austria7251:11,7451,644
Germany5471:147,17617,709
France1741:381,74056,584
Australia621:435,41534,362
Hungary531:185,21315,991
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
England171:3,277,533109,658
Czechia161:664,59262,292
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1271:395,42329,402

Landauer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Landau (meadowland), the name of three towns in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Landauer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Landauer Come From? nationality or country of origin

Landauer (Russian: Ландауер) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Landauer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 161,959th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,712,150 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Landauer live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 935 people, or 1 in 387,657. In The United States it is primarily found in: Oregon, where 13 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and New York, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 27 percent reside and Germany, where 20 percent reside.

Landauer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Landauer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Landauer last name expanded 736 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Landauer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Landauer last name are 7.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.25% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Landauer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 336.78% more than the national average, earning R 1,037,950 per year; in United States they earn 20.27% more than the national average, earning $51,896 USD per year and in Canada they earn 82.23% more than the national average, earning $90,535 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Landauer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Landauer in the Russian language
Ландауерlandauer-

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