# Langsam (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/langsam/  
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) | 563 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,117 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 548,393 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (455 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Langsam, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname, from the adjective langsam (“slow”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Langsam 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Langan, Langham, Lanigan, Langner, Langone, Lansing, Lingenfelter, Longmire, Lamkin, Lamson, Longenecker, Longino.

## 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.