Lander Family History
- Lander Name Meaning
- 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. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from either of two places called Landau (see Landau), Lande in Yiddish. Dutch: from a Germanic personal name formed with land ‘land’ + hardu ‘strong’. English: variant of Lavender. Americanized form (translation) of French Terrien, found in New England.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 410,399 Historical Documents with Lander on Ancestry
- 139,113 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 93,853 Census and Voter Lists
- 15,495 Military Records
- 14,372 Immigration Records
- 147,566 Member Trees
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Number of Lander families
 111 - 219  38 - 110 |
 1 - 37  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lander families
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167 - 332 56 - 166 |
1 - 55 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lander families
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68 - 134 23 - 67 |
1 - 22 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lander census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 243
- Confederate
- 49
- Union
- 194
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