Landsberg Surname

85,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Landsberg Surname Definition:

Place name in Bavaria - town on the river Lech.

Landsberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,3051:23,5042,988
United States1,0121:358,16131,966
Germany8691:92,64111,615
Israel3391:25,2443,691
Australia2251:119,98113,219
Namibia1541:15,6452,846
Poland1321:287,94534,716
England1101:506,52832,143
Canada1031:357,72432,292
Zimbabwe611:253,08627,132
Russia491:2,941,287160,625
Sweden481:205,14114,201
Estonia421:31,4725,782
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
France221:3,019,215204,848
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Austria171:500,90847,931
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Landsberg (17) may also be a first name.

Landsberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Place name in Bavaria - town on the river Lech.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Landsberg Last Name Facts

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

Landsberg (Russian: Ландсберг) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Landsberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 85,901st most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,298,565 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 45 percent of Landsberg reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Landsberg is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 17 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,305 people, or 1 in 23,504. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 40 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent live and North West, where 10 percent live. Apart from South Africa Landsberg occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Germany, where 15 percent live.

Landsberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Landsberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Landsberg last name increased 1,874 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 786 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Landsberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Landsberg last name are 5.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.41% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Landsberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.43% more than the national average, earning R 421,632 per year; in United States they earn 32.24% more than the national average, earning $57,059 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.52% more than the national average, earning $53,417 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Landsberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Landsberg in the Russian language
Ландсбергlandsberg-

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