# Long (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a tall man.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 229,374 |
| US rank (2010) | 97 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,346 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (223,494 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɒŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Lung |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 隴／陇 (Lǒng).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Long 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Long in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Long

- Justin Long, American actor (born 1978)
- Nia Long, American actress (born 1970)
- Shelley Long, American actress and comedian (born 1949)
- Huey Long, American politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator (1893-1935)
- Dallas Long, American shot putter (1940–2024)
- Crawford Williamson Long, American physician (1815–1878)
- Maxie Long, American sprinter (1878–1959)
- Aaron Long, American soccer player (born 1992)
- Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player (1918–2015)
- Theodore Long, American wrestling executive and former referee
- Matt Long, American actor
- Richard Long, American actor (1927-1974)

and 43 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Lang, Luong, Longo, Ling, Leong, Lung, Luongo, Leng, Longie, Lynch, Lyons, Lange.

## 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.