Landy Surname
Approximately 12,279 people bear this surname
Landy Surname Definition:
None of the authorities on British surnames has dealt with this name, and all Woulfe has to say about it is one word: “Leaindi” — just the modern form written phonetically in Irish. I think it derives from the Norman de la Launde (launde a glade).
Read More About This SurnameLandy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 4,269 | 1:5,540 | 1,134 |
| United States | 3,368 | 1:107,618 | 11,774 |
| Ecuador | 1,189 | 1:13,377 | 2,082 |
| Australia | 774 | 1:34,878 | 4,599 |
| France | 688 | 1:96,545 | 14,116 |
| England | 551 | 1:101,122 | 10,652 |
| Ireland | 334 | 1:14,099 | 1,638 |
| Canada | 158 | 1:233,200 | 22,307 |
| South Africa | 143 | 1:378,865 | 33,977 |
| Israel | 83 | 1:103,104 | 11,791 |
| China | 73 | 1:18,730,432 | 1,064 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 72 | 1:477 | 87 |
| Bermuda | 65 | 1:1,004 | 159 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Mexico | 43 | 1:2,886,656 | 22,491 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:103,151 | 8,167 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 1:409,992 | 9,090 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 401 | 1:11,047 | 1,546 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 128 | 1:190,433 | 15,429 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 601 | 1:83,559 | 8,731 |
The alternate forms: Lańdy (1) are calculated separately.
Landy (36,480) may also be a first name.
Landy Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
None of the authorities on British surnames has dealt with this name, and all Woulfe has to say about it is one word: “Leaindi” — just the modern form written phonetically in Irish. I think it derives from the Norman de la Launde (launde a glade). This has been established in Counties Kilkenny and Tipperary since the thirteenth century. In one of the earliest references to it, it appears as Landa, John Landa being a witness at Cashel in 1297. William Launde, abbot of St. Mary's Dublin, who was granted a royal pension in 1540, is called Laundey in another official document of two years later. Usually we find it as de la Launde, de Launde and Launde, nearly all those, up to 1600, being in Counties Kilkenny, Waterford and south Tipperary. Patrick de la Launde was sheriff of Kilkenny in 1337. The most notable family of the name was Lande or de Launde of Keatingstown, Co. Kilkenny, which they held for at least two centuries from 1367. In the seventeenth century they had become Lawndy, Laundy and Landy, but were less prominent in Co. Kilkenny: there were Landy families returned in ten different parishes of Co. Tipperary in the Hearth Money Rolls of 1663-5, and there are three recorded wills of Youghal Lawndys (1686-1697). Modern birth registrations place the Landys mainly in Co. Tipperary. Having regard to their continuous association with the Ormond Country-every volume of the Ormond Deeds contains references to them-it is surprising to find that the only place in Ireland where the Landys or Laundys appear in the summary of the “census” of 1659-60 is as a principal Irish name in the Co. Dublin barony of Balrothery. Local registrars in the Youghal and Lismore districts report the occasional synonymous use of Landy and Landers: the latter, however, is quite distinct from Landy-see Landers, supra. Landy and Lawndy occur fairly frequently in the eighteenth century Cloyne marriage licence bonds. I am informed that the Australian Olympic runner John Landy is of Irish ancestry.
From the Norman de la Launde (launde a glade); this name has been found in Cos. Kilkenny and Tipperary since the thirteenth century. SIF 102
Landy Demographics
Average Male Landy Height
175.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Landy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Landy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Landy (Arabic: لندى, Russian: Ланды) is held by more people in Madagascar than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Lańdy. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Landy? popularity and diffusion
Landy is the 42,441st most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 593,497 people. The surname Landy occurs mostly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Landy reside; 36 percent reside in Southern Africa and 35 percent reside in Barito Africa. It is also the 23,943rd most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 36,480 people.
The surname Landy is most widely held in Madagascar, where it is held by 4,269 people, or 1 in 5,540. Aside from Madagascar this surname occurs in 75 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Ecuador, where 10 percent reside.
Landy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Landy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Landy last name grew 560 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 430 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 17 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Landy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Landy last name are 0.079999999999998% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.15% being registered with the party.
The amount Landy earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 31.79% more than the national average, earning R 313,188 per year; in United States they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning $47,203 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.03% more than the national average, earning $65,594 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Landy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Landy in the Russian language | ||
| Ланды | landy | - |
| Landy in the Arabic language | ||
| لندى | lndy | - |
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Footnotes
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