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    The surname Lankford

    A surname, carried by 11,834 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈlæŋkfə(ɹ)d/ 2 syllables Soundex L521

    Lankford: #3,028 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lankford #3,028, 11,834 people Lankford: #3,028 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lankford #3,028, 11,834 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lankford is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,834 people named Lankford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,090 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,827.

    #3,028
    rank among US surnames
    11,834
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,793)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,019Doughty11,88025,989
    #3,020Fraley11,87625,997
    #3,022Allan11,86726,017
    #3,023Beauchamp11,86526,022
    #3,024Viera11,86126,030
    #3,025Moffett11,85326,048
    #3,026Stuckey11,84626,063

    Who is named Lankford

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

    84% of people named Lankford identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lankfords

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Lankford
      American politician (born 1968)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lankford

    Lankford has the Soundex code L521, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L521.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lankford?
    11,834 people in the United States had the surname Lankford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,090 Americans. It ranked 3,028th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lankford?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Lankford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lankford?
    James Lankford, American politician (born 1968).
    Where is the surname Lankford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lankford in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Lankford?
    Lankford is /ˈlæŋkfə(ɹ)d/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Lankford getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,834 in 2010, up 0.1%.