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    The surname Lanphear

    A Cornish surname, carried by 1,335 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L516

    Lanphear: #20,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lanphear #20,037, 1,335 people Lanphear: #20,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lanphear #20,037, 1,335 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lanphear is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    Cornish origin

    Variant of Lanfear.

    One of 18 Cornish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,335 people named Lanphear in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,302.

    #20,037
    rank among US surnames
    1,335
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,263)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,029Mangini1,336231,097
    #20,037Hirschfeld1,335231,270

    Who is named Lanphear

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

    93% of people named Lanphear identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lanphear

    Lanphear has the Soundex code L516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L516.

    Other Cornish surnames

    All 18 Cornish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lanphear come from?
    Variant of Lanfear.
    How common is the surname Lanphear?
    1,335 people in the United States had the surname Lanphear in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. It ranked 20,037th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lanphear?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lanphear identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lanphear getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,335 in 2010, up 2.5%.