Last Name LANDER

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Meaning	The lavender; early contracted to Launder, and later on to Lander or Landor. Welsh, 'Llandir.' Glebe lands belonging to a parish church, or land containing mineral ore.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, French, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	6,403 (2000 US census)	6,482 (1990 US census)

Count	4,896 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.36%, or 4277 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.07%, or 346 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 26 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.86%, or 42 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.02%, or 50 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.17%, or 155 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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