How common is the surname Lanham?

10,170 people in the United States had the surname Lanham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,358 Americans. It ranked 3,513th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lanham?

S. W. T. Lanham, American politician (1846-1908), followed by Fritz G. Lanham.

Where is the surname Lanham most common?

Wikidata records people named Lanham in the United States.

Is the surname Lanham getting more or less common?

More common. 9,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,170 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Lanham

A surname, carried by 10,170 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lanham is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

An English surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,170 people named Lanham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,358 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,689.

#3,513

rank among US surnames

10,170

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #3,379)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,504	Sowers	10,198	30,275
#3,505	Andrus	10,197	30,278
#3,506	Glick	10,196	30,281
#3,507	Everhart	10,186	30,311
#3,508	Ahrens	10,182	30,323
#3,510	Chapin	10,175	30,344
#3,511	Hodgson	10,173	30,350

Who is named Lanham

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

90% of people named Lanham identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lanhams

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lanham

Lahman

Lanham has the Soundex code L550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L550.

Questions

How common is the surname Lanham?: 10,170 people in the United States had the surname Lanham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,358 Americans. It ranked 3,513th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lanham?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lanham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lanham?: S. W. T. Lanham, American politician (1846-1908), followed by Fritz G. Lanham.
Where is the surname Lanham most common?: Wikidata records people named Lanham in the United States.
Is the surname Lanham getting more or less common?: More common. 9,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,170 in 2010, up 5.0%.