How common is the surname Langham?

3,684 people in the United States had the surname Langham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,807 Americans. It ranked 8,888th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Langham?

Wallace Langham, American actor, followed by Simon Langham.

Where is the surname Langham most common?

Wikidata records people named Langham in the United States and the Kingdom of England.

Is the surname Langham getting more or less common?

More common. 3,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,684 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Langham

An English place surname, carried by 3,684 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). Langham is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English lang (“long”) + hām (“homestead”).

Langham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,684 people named Langham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,807 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,585.

#8,888

rank among US surnames

3,684

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,465)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,882	Geddes	3,687	83,739
#8,885	Hollon	3,686	83,762
#8,887	Bisson	3,685	83,784
#8,888	Langham	3,684	83,807
#8,890	Vereen	3,683	83,830
#8,891	Diorio	3,682	83,853
#8,894	Wentzel	3,681	83,875

Who is named Langham

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

78% of people named Langham identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Langhams

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wallace Langham
American actor, born 1965
Simon Langham
Bishop of Ely; Archbishop of Canterbury; Cardinal of St. Sixtus (1310-1376)

Notable Langhams come mostly from the United States (1) and the Kingdom of England (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Langham

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Langham come from?: From Old English lang (“long”) + hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Langham?: 3,684 people in the United States had the surname Langham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,807 Americans. It ranked 8,888th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Langham?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Langham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Langham?: Wallace Langham, American actor, followed by Simon Langham.
Where is the surname Langham most common?: Wikidata records people named Langham in the United States and the Kingdom of England.
What type of surname is Langham?: Langham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Langham getting more or less common?: More common. 3,585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,684 in 2010, up 2.8%.