How common is the surname Langan?

4,982 people in the United States had the surname Langan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,972 Americans. It ranked 6,769th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Langan?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Langan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Langan getting more or less common?

More common. 4,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,982 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Langan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,982 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Langan is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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.

Langan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,982 people named Langan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,972 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,513.

#6,769

rank among US surnames

4,982

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,866)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,764	Toms	4,986	61,922
#6,765	Crumpton	4,985	61,935
#6,766	Viveros	4,983	61,960
#6,769	Musgrave	4,982	61,972
#6,771	Bushman	4,981	61,985

Who is named Langan

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

91% of people named Langan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Langan

Langan has the Soundex code L525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L525.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Langan come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Langan?: 4,982 people in the United States had the surname Langan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,972 Americans. It ranked 6,769th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Langan?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Langan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Langan?: Langan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Langan getting more or less common?: More common. 4,513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,982 in 2010, up 10%.