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The Landes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,404 people carried this name — #7,550 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,283 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,080 people named Landes.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Tarn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Tarn 200
Lot 184
Aveyron 139
Hérault 84
Paris 72
Gironde 48
Lot-et-Garonne 39
Cantal 39

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Landes live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Fribourg 5
Zurich 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
Schaffhausen 4
Vaud 3

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 print

Landes in American newspapers,
1893–1928.

Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name Landes
The Wolf Point Herald 1928-12-07
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Landes
Daily Kennebec Journal 1925-09-10
Newspaper page from The New North-west carrying the name Landes
The New North-west 1893-01-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,282,123 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Landes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Landes
    Charles Landes d. 1963 · teacher
  • Silas Z. Landes
    Silas Z. Landes 1842–1910 · judge
  • Henry Landes
    Henry Landes 1867–1936 · writer
  • Anton Landes 1712–1764 · plasterer
  • Heindrich Landes 1731–1732 · deacon
  • John Landes 1758–1821

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Landes.

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