as a Last Name
- 4,888
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Lander
Meaning & Origins
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name from Middle High German lant, German Land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (see Land 1), used originally to denote either someone who was a native of the area in which he lived, in contrast to a newcomer (see Neumann), or someone who lived in the countryside as opposed to a town.
| 6,065th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,888
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Lander per capita
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