How common is the surname Langton?

2,406 people in the United States had the surname Langton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. It ranked 12,817th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Langton?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Langton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Langton?

Brooke Langton, American actress, followed by Steven Langton.

Where is the surname Langton most common?

Wikidata records people named Langton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Langton?

Langton is /ˈlæŋ.tən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Langton getting more or less common?

More common. 2,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,406 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Langton

A surname, carried by 2,406 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlæŋ.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex L523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Langton is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,406 people named Langton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,261.

#12,817

rank among US surnames

2,406

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,566)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,812	Benard	2,407	128,270
#12,817	Carew	2,406	128,323
#12,821	Brugger	2,405	128,377
#12,825	Grays	2,404	128,430

Who is named Langton

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

93% of people named Langton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Langtons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brooke Langton
American actress, born 1970
Steven Langton
American bobsledder, born 1983
Paul Langton
American actor (1913-1980)
Christopher Langton
American computer scientist, born 1948
David Langton
British actor (1912-1994)

Notable Langtons come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Langton

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

Questions

How common is the surname Langton?: 2,406 people in the United States had the surname Langton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. It ranked 12,817th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Langton?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Langton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Langton?: Brooke Langton, American actress, followed by Steven Langton.
Where is the surname Langton most common?: Wikidata records people named Langton in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Langton?: Langton is /ˈlæŋ.tən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Langton getting more or less common?: More common. 2,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,406 in 2010, up 6.4%.