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    The surname Langsam

    A German surname, carried by 563 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L525

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Langsam is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    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 563 people named Langsam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 548,393 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 455.

    #39,117
    rank among US surnames
    563
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.7%
    change since 2000 (was #44,497)

    Who is named Langsam

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

    97% of people named Langsam identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Langsam

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Langsam come from?
    Borrowed from German Langsam, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname, from the adjective langsam (“slow”).
    How common is the surname Langsam?
    563 people in the United States had the surname Langsam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 548,393 Americans. It ranked 39,117th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Langsam?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Langsam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Langsam getting more or less common?
    More common. 455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 563 in 2010, up 24%.