The Lanz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,306 people carried this name — #12,355 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,666 people named Lanz live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 131 people named Lanz.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
23 people named Lanz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 54 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lanz.
- Lanteri 173 · U.S. census
- Lanthier 686 · U.S. census
- Lantier 397 · U.S. census
- Lantieri 162 · U.S. census
- Lantin 158 · U.S. census
- Lantz 11,698 · U.S. census
- Lanza 5,028 · U.S. census
- Lanzi 538 · U.S. census
- Lanzoni 219 · U.S. census
- Lao 4,523 · U.S. census
- Lapaix 146 · U.S. census
- Laparra 128 · U.S. census
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