The surname Lancaster
A place surname, carried by 32,362 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈlæn.kæs.tɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex L522
Origin
From Middle English Lancaster, Loncastre, the name of the Roman fort on the River Lune, from Lune + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.
Lancaster is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 32,362 people named Lancaster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,540 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,686.
Who is named Lancaster
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Lancaster identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Black (not Hispanic) 10%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Questions
- Where does the surname Lancaster come from?
- From Middle English Lancaster, Loncastre, the name of the Roman fort on the River Lune, from Lune + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.
- How common is the surname Lancaster?
- 32,362 people in the United States had the surname Lancaster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,540 Americans. It ranked 1,080th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lancaster?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Lancaster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Lancaster?
- Lancaster is /ˈlæn.kæs.tɚ/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Lancaster?
- Lancaster is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Lancaster getting more or less common?
- More common. 31,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,362 in 2010, up 2.1%.