Can anyone tell me how to find the origin of a last name?

Question

It's for the last name Landa.

Answer 1

Hey Cal El,

There are several ways. You can use a web site that tells you the origin. You can look up people with the same last name on LDS Family Search, and see where the oldest dates are, that generally indicates an origin. You can do your surname DNA project. You can do your family Tree.

With LANDA, the Family Search is all over the place with 301 entries. Check it out, see the first site.

The Swyrich.com site says: Origin: Jewish

You can look at the Genealogy sites, and do your family tree. Start with all the birth, death, marriage certificates you have from living members of your family. Interview the elders. Chart the Tree with software (easy) or Drawn charts, (difficult). Then start looking to connect family branches that may exist already. The discovery of each ancestor should be an enriching experience.

Answer 2

I imagine that if you use a search engine you might be able to find some info on the last name Landa.

Answer 3

Landa
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southwestern Norway, so named from the plural of land (see Land 1).
Czech: from a short form of the personal name Mikulanda, a derivative of Mikuláš, Czech form of Greek Nikolaos (see Nicholas).
Polish: nickname for a persistent and irritating person, from a derivative of the dialect verb landzic ‘to ask insistently’, ‘badger someone’.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Landau.
Spanish and Basque: topographic name from the Basque landa ‘meadow’. There is a place of this name in Álava province, Basque Country, and the surname may in fact be a habitational name from this place.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
How is this helpful?

Naming patterns can help you learn more about your family’s cultural and ethnic background.
You might find alternate name spellings which are helpful when searching for family records.

Answer 4

Lander
This apparently simple surname is in fact one of complex origins. It may be a development of the Olde French "Lavendier" which was usually
anglicised to Launder and Lander, and describes one who owned the local laundry, and was therefore occupational. The same word was
confusingly applied to a textile worker who washed the cloth after fulling and dyeing. However a larger number of British name holders will have
a Germanic or Anglo-Saxon origins, and sometimes with a later 17th century Huguenot entry as well to thoroughly mix the brew. In this case the
name is topographical and describes a countryman, one who lived on the land, as opposed to a city dweller. It is also possible that a few
examples will apply to the town of Landau in Germany, and will therefore contradict the previous statement! What is certain is that the name has
been recorded in England for a very long time. Early examples include Ralf la Lavendere in the Somerset Rolls of 1268, Thomas Launder of
Yorkshire in 1331, and Elizabeth Lander in the Hearth Rolls of Suffolk for 1524. Church recordings include Nicholas Launder at the church of
St Benet Fink, London, on September 26th 1539, and Catharina Lander at Grossgarten, Neckarkreis, Wuertt, (Germany), on September 28th
1617. The Coat of Arms granted to the nameholders depicts a paly of eight black and gold, charged with a red fess, and a crest of a hand
issuing from a cloud, holding a sword. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of
Ysabelle la Lauendere, which was dated
1253, in the rolls of Oseney Abbey, Oxfordshire, during the reign of
King Henry 111

Answer 5

just type in names & meanings>landa in the search box, you'll get several choices. Pick one.

Answer 6

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