The landau Surname
landau Name Meaning and History
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from either of
two places called Landau, in the Palatinate and in Alsace, named with
Old High German lant ‘land’, ‘territory’ + auwa ‘damp
valley’. According to family history, the Jewish surname originated
from the Palatinate.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| William Landau-Anna Catharina Ommert, Pittsburgh PA |
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| LANDAU George and Maggie |
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| Isidore Landau | Elaine Gross | 6 |
| Naturalisation & marriage of Simon Landau |
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| EMANUEL LANDAU FROM U S A | RODERICK LANDAU | 4 |
| Lee Co. IL LANDAUs |
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| JACOB LANDAU ARTIST-ROOSEVELT,NJ |
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| emanuel |
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| Landau family |
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| Tracing from Yechezkel Landau - the "Noda B'yehuda" | Yuval Gross | 1 |
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