The Lanza surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,028 people carried this name — #6,254 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 495 people named Lanza.
134 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
342 people named Lanza live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Lanza live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lanza in American newspapers,
1873–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,367 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lanza,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Lanza 1630–1708 · military personnel -
José Miguel García Lanza 1779–1828 · military personnel -
Vincenzo Lanza 1784–1860 · physician -
Ferdinando Lanza 1785–1865 · military officer -
Giovanni Lanza 1810–1882 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 169 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lanza.
- 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
- Lanz 2,306 · 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
- Lapere 162 · U.S. census
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