# Langan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/langan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,982 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,769 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,972 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (4,513 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Longáin (“descendant of Longán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of long (“tall”) or long (“ship”), thus a nickname for a seafarer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Langan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Lanigan, Langone, Lansing, Langham, Langner, Longman, Langenfeld, Langsam, Lingenfelter, Longmire, Lamkin, Lamson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.