The Landa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,267 people carried this name — #4,298 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,700 people counted. That is up 43% from 5,765 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,530 people named Landa live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 444 people named Landa.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Aisne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
384 people named Landa have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 451 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Landa live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Landa live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
488 people named Landa is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Landa in American newspapers,
1905–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 98,908 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Landa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diego de Landa 1524–1579 · bishop -
Rubén Landa y Coronado 1849–1923 · politician -
Fabio Landa d. 2003 · musician
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Ladislav Landa d. 1988 · expert pharmacist
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Juan de Landa 1550–1614 · painter
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Bauptista Landa 1716–1761 · highwayman
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Landa.
- Lanata 143 · U.S. census
- Lance 13,122 · U.S. census
- Lancelin 149 · U.S. census
- Lancelot 157 · U.S. census
- Lancia 565 · U.S. census
- Lancon 637 · U.S. census
- Landas 221 · U.S. census
- Landau 5,582 · U.S. census
- Landauer 535 · U.S. census
- Lande 1,156 · U.S. census
- Landel 146 · U.S. census
- Landes 4,404 · U.S. census
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