# Lanham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lanham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,170 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,513 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,358 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (9,689 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lanham 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lanham in the United States.

## People named Lanham

- S. W. T. Lanham, American politician (1846-1908)
- Fritz G. Lanham, American politician (1880-1965)

## Similar surnames

Lahman, Lehman, Lemon, Limon, Lyman, Lennon, Layman, Lehmann, Lowman, Lemmon, Lemoine, Lohman.

## 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.