Landgraff: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Anyone researching Landgraff should also look under Landgraf. Its meaning, shared with Landgraf, is “Landgrave”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Landgraff adds “f” to Landgraf, a small change that appeared as the name was written down.
• About 225 people in the United States were recorded as Landgraff in 2010, placing it 83,541 on the national list. That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames.
• The same family of names includes Landgrebe.

Heraldry and the Landgraff name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Landgraff, so the heraldry linked to Landgraf is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Landgraff surname pack.