How common is the surname Lange?

30,984 people in the United States had the surname Lange in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,965 Americans. It ranked 1,132nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lange?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lange identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lange?

Jessica Lange, American actress, followed by Dorothea Lange.

Where is the surname Lange most common?

Wikidata records people named Lange in the United States, Argentina and East Germany and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Lange getting more or less common?

More common. 29,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,984 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Lange

A German surname, carried by 30,984 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). Lange is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,984 people named Lange in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,965 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,977.

#1,132

rank among US surnames

30,984

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,068)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,123	Wooten	31,249	9,880
#1,124	Hartley	31,221	9,889
#1,125	Ng	31,210	9,893
#1,126	Kendall	31,209	9,893
#1,127	Cleveland	31,123	9,920
#1,128	Crowley	31,098	9,928
#1,129	Pearce	31,060	9,940

Who is named Lange

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

93% of people named Lange identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Langes

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jessica Lange
American actress, born 1949
Dorothea Lange
American photojournalist (1895-1965)
Artie Lange
American comedian, born 1967
Hope Lange
American actress (1933-2003)
André Lange
Bobsledder, born 1973
Santiago Lange
Argentine sailor, born 1961
Eric Lange
American actor, born 1973
Ted Lange
Actor, director, screenwriter, born 1948
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, born 1985

Notable Langes come mostly from the United States (7), Argentina (2) and East Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lange

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lange come from?: Lange is German in origin.
How common is the surname Lange?: 30,984 people in the United States had the surname Lange in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,965 Americans. It ranked 1,132nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lange?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lange identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lange?: Jessica Lange, American actress, followed by Dorothea Lange.
Where is the surname Lange most common?: Wikidata records people named Lange in the United States, Argentina and East Germany and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Lange getting more or less common?: More common. 29,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,984 in 2010, up 3.4%.