How common is the surname Langston?

19,742 people in the United States had the surname Langston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,639 Americans. It ranked 1,816th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Langston?

John Mercer Langston, American politician (1829–1897), followed by Mark Langston.

Where is the surname Langston most common?

Wikidata records people named Langston in the United States.

Is the surname Langston getting more or less common?

More common. 18,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,742 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Langston also a first name?

Yes. Langston is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Langston

An English place surname, carried by 19,742 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L523 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Langston is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English lang (“long, tall”) + stan (“stone”).

Langston 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 19,742 people named Langston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,639 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,979.

#1,816

rank among US surnames

19,742

people in 2010

6.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #1,731)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,807	Hinson	19,857	15,548
#1,808	Rudolph	19,854	15,551
#1,809	Waiters	19,853	15,552
#1,810	Sepulveda	19,851	15,553
#1,811	Duvall	19,844	15,559
#1,812	Smiley	19,829	15,570
#1,813	Casas	19,777	15,611

Who is named Langston

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

72% of people named Langston identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Langstons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Mercer Langston
American politician (1829–1897)
Mark Langston
American baseball player, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Langston

Langston has the Soundex code L523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L523.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Langston come from?: From Old English lang (“long, tall”) + stan (“stone”).
How common is the surname Langston?: 19,742 people in the United States had the surname Langston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,639 Americans. It ranked 1,816th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Langston?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Langston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Langston?: John Mercer Langston, American politician (1829–1897), followed by Mark Langston.
Where is the surname Langston most common?: Wikidata records people named Langston in the United States.
What type of surname is Langston?: Langston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Langston getting more or less common?: More common. 18,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,742 in 2010, up 4.0%.
Is Langston also a first name?: Yes. Langston is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.