The Lantz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,169 people carried this name — #2,949 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,698 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 440 people named Lantz.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Lantz live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Lantz 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
3,635 people named Lantz are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lantz in American newspapers,
1911–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,792 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lantz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Lantz 1564–1638 · astronomer
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Heinrich Lantz 1820–1901 · farmer
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Lazare Lantz 1823–1909
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Auguste Lantz 1828– · naturalist
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Theodor Lantz 1859–1908
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Emily Emerson Lantz 1862–1931 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lantz.
- Lanson 304 · U.S. census
- Lanteri 181 · U.S. census
- Lanthier 734 · U.S. census
- Lantier 460 · U.S. census
- Lantieri 166 · U.S. census
- Lantin 184 · U.S. census
- Lanz 2,285 · U.S. census
- Lanza 5,819 · U.S. census
- Lanzi 492 · U.S. census
- Lanzoni 212 · U.S. census
- Lao 5,897 · U.S. census
- Lapaix 241 · U.S. census
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