How common is the surname Lang?

61,529 people in the United States had the surname Lang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,018 Americans. It ranked 545th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lang?

Fritz Lang, Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976), followed by Stephen Lang.

Where is the surname Lang most common?

Wikidata records people named Lang in the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Lang getting more or less common?

More common. 59,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,529 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Lang

A nickname surname, carried by 61,529 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lang is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old English lang (“long”), a nickname for a tall person.

Lang is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 61,529 people named Lang in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,018 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 59,843.

#545

rank among US surnames

61,529

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #499)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#536	Hogan	63,085	4,894
#537	Marsh	62,304	4,955
#538	Macias	62,227	4,962
#539	Villanueva	61,883	4,989
#540	Zamora	61,729	5,002
#541	Pratt	61,671	5,006
#542	Stokes	61,639	5,009

Who is named Lang

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Lang identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Langs

37 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fritz Lang
Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)
Stephen Lang
American actor, born 1952
Katherine Kelly Lang
American actress, born 1961
Walter Lang
American film director (1896–1972)
Charles Lang
American cinematographer (1902-1998)
Cosmo Gordon Lang
British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945)
Robert J. Lang
American physicist, mathematician and origami expert, born 1961
Marie Lang
Austrian feminist, theosophist and publisher, editor (1858-1934)
June Lang
American actress (1917-2005)
Michael Lang
American concert promoter and record producer (1944-2022)
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist (1902–1933)
Jonny Lang
American blues, gospel, and rock singer and songwriter, born 1981

Notable Langs come mostly from the United States (25), Austria (4) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lange
Laing
Layng

Surnames that sound like Lang

Lang has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

Questions

How common is the surname Lang?: 61,529 people in the United States had the surname Lang in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,018 Americans. It ranked 545th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lang?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Lang identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lang?: Fritz Lang, Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976), followed by Stephen Lang.
Where is the surname Lang most common?: Wikidata records people named Lang in the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
What type of surname is Lang?: Lang is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Lang getting more or less common?: More common. 59,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,529 in 2010, up 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Lang?: Lange, Laing and Layng.