Landis

surname · Latin script

Meaning: nickname for a highwayman or for someone who lays waste to the land

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɫændɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Landis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 18K
  • CACanada≈1 in 29K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

18,826 people, 2010

Sources
424 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

nickname for a highwayman or for someone who lays waste to the land. Middle High German landoese.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Landis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Landis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—18,8261 in 18K19KLandis424
GB United Kingdom—≈4,500 est.≈1 in 15K—Landis65
IT Italy—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 47K—Landis12
CA Canada—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 29K—Landis42
DE Germany—≈840 est.≈1 in 96K—Landis51
CH Switzerland—4091 in 21K409Landis29
SG Singapore—≈250 est.≈1 in 25K—Landis4
LB Lebanon#875≈210 est.≈1 in 26K—Landis2

18,826 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Landis is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Lándis

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Landiš

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Israel, Palestine

    Languages: Arabic, Hebrew

    Also written לנדיס, לאנדיס

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Landis is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In got, romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Kenesaw Mountain Landis, b. 1866Cullen Landis, b. 1895Carole Landis, b. 1919Evgenii Landis, b. 1921Monte Landis, b. 1933Jim Landis, b. 1934John Landis, b. 1950Geoffrey A. Landis, b. 1955Floyd Landis, b. 1975Max Landis, b. 1985

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Landis,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 34 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Landis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201019K#1,912
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200018K#1,792
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202018K#1,953
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024409#3,217
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Landis come from?
nickname for a highwayman or for someone who lays waste to the land. Middle High German landoese. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Landis?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɫændɪs/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Landis mean?
Recorded meaning: nickname for a highwayman or for someone who lays waste to the land.
In which country does Landis have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 19 thousand people named Landis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled landis.
How common is the name Landis?
In the United States, the national register counted 18,826 people named Landis in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
How common is Landis compared with other names?
In Lebanon, Landis is the 875th most common surname of 45,185 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Landis” — the 875th most common surname in Lebanon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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