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The Landon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,211 people carried this name — #3,844 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 8,560 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Landon surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

Place names in England, from Old English lang (“long”) + dūn (“hill”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Landon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 719 people named Landon.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 61 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Paris 130
Loire 73
Creuse 70
Allier 55
La Réunion 42
Dordogne 37
Cher 32
Puy-de-Dôme 27

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

In print

Landon in American newspapers,
1885–1907.

Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Miner carrying the name Landon
The Semi-weekly Miner 1885-12-02
Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Landon
The Lancaster Gazette 1907-11-20
Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Landon
The Colfax Chronicle 1902-01-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 86,325 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Landon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Letitia Elizabeth Landon
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802–1838 · writer
  • Caroline Adelaide Perceval d. 1930
  • Roger Palmer Landon d. 1936
  • Whittington Landon 1758–1838 · archivist
  • Charles Paul Landon 1760–1826 · writer
  • Charles Paul Landon 1761–1826 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Landon.

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