# Lange (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lange/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,984 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,132 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,965 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (29,977 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lange 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lange in the United States, Argentina, East Germany, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany and Belgium.

## People named Lange

- Jessica Lange, American actress
- Dorothea Lange, American photojournalist (1895-1965)
- Artie Lange, American comedian
- Hope Lange, American actress (1933-2003)
- André Lange, bobsledder
- Santiago Lange, Argentine sailor
- Eric Lange, American actor
- Ted Lange, actor, director, screenwriter
- Norah Lange, Argentine author (1905–1972)
- Andrew E. Lange, American physicist (1957–2010)
- Joseph Lange, Austrian actor and artist (1751-1831)
- Mathias Lange, Austrian ice hockey player

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Longie, Lang, Liang, Lance, Laing, Llanes, Lainez, Lanz, Lawing, Long, Lynch, Lyons.

## 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.