The Landy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,474 people carried this name — #12,525 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 119,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,347 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 450 people named Landy.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Nord.
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 Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 9 births for the Landy name in 1890.
Most were registered in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In print
Landy in American newspapers,
1902–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,674 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Landy,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Landy 1813–1875 · politician -
Adam Landy 1891–1937 · teacher -
Wanda Landy 1895–1963 · teacher -
James M. Landy 1838–1897 · photographer
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Michał Landy 1844–1861 · middle school student
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Aleksander Landy 1881–1969 · pediatrician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Landy.
- Landrau 336 · U.S. census
- Landre 219 · U.S. census
- Landron 492 · U.S. census
- Landry 39,391 · U.S. census
- Landucci 343 · U.S. census
- Landuyt 286 · U.S. census
- Lane 134,227 · U.S. census
- Lanes 429 · U.S. census
- Lanfranchi 169 · U.S. census
- Lang 61,529 · U.S. census
- Langa 350 · U.S. census
- Lange 30,984 · U.S. census
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