Last Name LANDRY

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Meaning	Local: Of the laundry. Launder, the officer who superintended the washing department. Practically the local form is the same as official. This surname has crossed the Atlantic and flourished in the United States, although all but extinct in England.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Irish, Creole, Austrian, Belgian

Rank	828 (2000 US census)	695 (1990 US census)

Count	37,961 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.84%, or 32206 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.98%, or 4548 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 148 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.37%, or 140 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.18%, or 448 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.23%, or 467 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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