Explore the Family Name Lanthier

The meaning of Lanthier

French: from the old personal name Lant(h)ier, from ancient Germanic Landhari, composed of the elements land ‘land’ and hari ‘army’. History: Jacques Lanthier from Brûlain in Deux-Sèvres, France, married Catherine-Angélique Matou in Montreal, QC, in 1694. Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Camile, Gilles, Jacques, Jean-Guy, Lucien, Ludger, Yves.

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How common is the last name Lanthier in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lanthier has seen a modest rise in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it held the rank of 31,817 which slightly improved by 0.95% to 31,516 in 2010. The number of people with this surname also increased from 686 to 734 representing a 7% increase within this decade. However, its proportion per 100k people remained constant at 0.25.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,817	#31,516	0.95%
Count	686	734	7%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.25	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lanthier

Concerning ethnicity, the census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Lanthier identified as White in both years, though there was a slight decrease from 96.21% in 2000 to 95.23% in 2010. Notably, there were increases in the percentage identifying as Two or more races (from 1.31% to 2.18%) and Black (from 1.31% to 1.5%). Interestingly, the 2010 census marked the first recorded instance of Asian/Pacific Islander identity among those bearing the surname, accounting for 0.68%. There was no change in the Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.21%	95.23%	-1.02%
Two or More Races	1.31%	2.18%	66.41%
Black	1.31%	1.5%	14.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.68%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%