Lansing is a Dutch patronymic surname from the personal name Lans (Germanic Lanzo).
[1][2] The "-ing" or "-ink" suffix originally was patronymic, but later also became indicative of a place.
[3] Lansing is now a rare name in the Netherlands (Lansink is the more common form),[4] but there are many descendants in the United States of Gerrit Gerritse Lansing (ca.1615–bef.1654), a baker in Hasselt, Overijssel, whose widow and children migrated to New Netherland in 1654.
At a later time there the surname became used as a middle name and given name.
Notable people with the name include: