Lanza surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 134
Alpes-Maritimes 93
Var 79
Bouches-du-Rhône 34
Paris 20
Isère 19
Rhône 17
Vaucluse 9
Hérault 8

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 map

Where they live today

Ticino 86
Zurich 60
Aargau 40
Vaud 23
Geneva 20
Basel-Landschaft 19
Bern 12
St. Gallen 11

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

Liège 27
Hainaut 21
Brussels-Capital 5
Namur 5

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.

Newspaper page from The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger carrying the name Lanza
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger 1873-06-22
Newspaper page from Among The Clouds carrying the name Lanza
Among The Clouds 1885-09-01
Newspaper page from Jerome News carrying the name Lanza
Jerome News 1914-07-10

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.

  • Giuseppe Lanza
    Giuseppe Lanza 1630–1708 · military personnel
  • José Miguel García Lanza
    José Miguel García Lanza 1779–1828 · military personnel
  • Vincenzo Lanza
    Vincenzo Lanza 1784–1860 · physician
  • Ferdinando Lanza
    Ferdinando Lanza 1785–1865 · military officer
  • Giovanni Lanza
    Giovanni Lanza 1810–1882 · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 169 lives in all are documented under this name.

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