# Langer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/langer/  
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) | 7,506 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,724 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,133 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (6,929 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Langer (“a surname”, literally “a tall man”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Langer 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Langer in the United States, Austria, Australia, Mexico and Belgium.

## People named Langer

- Susanne Langer, American philosopher (1895–1985)
- Robert S. Langer, Jr., American biomedical engineer
- A. J. Langer, American actress (born 1974)
- Michael Langer, Austrian association football player
- William Langer, American politician (1886–1959)
- Ludy Langer, American swimmer
- Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach
- Verónica Langer, Argentine-born Mexican actress
- Gilda Langer, Austrian actress (1896–1920)
- Walter Charles Langer, American psychoanalyst (1899-1981)
- Marie Langer, Argentinian psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1910–1987)
- Ellen J. Langer, American psychologist

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Linger, Lunger, Langworthy, Langhorne, Longoria, Linker, Lingerfelt, Longworth, Longshore, Lenker.

## 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.