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landis Name Meaning and History

German and Swiss German: nickname for a highwayman or for someone who lays waste to the land, Middle High German landoese.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the landis family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of landis Families in the US in 1920
Number of landis families
 540-1077
 181-539		 1-180
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 385 - Messages: 1070
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Swiz research badtoad 64
Benjamin/Christina Landis families Wayne County, Indiana SoupUno 3
Josephine T. McNeil Britschge Landis, Floyd and son Richard C Landis in Shawnee Co Kansas cjhanrahan136 0
SEARCHING FOR BIRTH RELATIVES BRIGGHAM LANDIS 1
Looking for my Landis family.....HELP me Please! Brande G. Williams (Landis) 4
Landis/Juniata PA Richard 1
samuel landis b 1887 jo ann wells 10
Landis in Michigan Patrick 9
Landis, Donna R. July 8, 1935-Aug. 15, 2002 omasan_1 0
Landis/Landes of Virginia heatherkuhn_1 0
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