How common is the surname Long?

229,374 people in the United States had the surname Long in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,346 Americans. It ranked 97th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Long?

Justin Long, American actor (born 1978), followed by Nia Long.

Where is the surname Long most common?

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

How do you pronounce Long?

Long is /ˈlɒŋ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Long getting more or less common?

More common. 223,494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 229,374 in 2010, up 2.6%.

Is Long also a first name?

Yes. Long is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Long

A nickname surname, the 97th most common in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɒŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Long is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

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

Long is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 229,374 people named Long in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,346 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 223,494.

#97

rank among US surnames

229,374

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #86)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#88	Mendoza	242,771	1,272
#89	Ruiz	238,234	1,296
#90	Hughes	236,271	1,307
#91	Price	235,251	1,312
#92	Alvarez	233,983	1,320
#93	Castillo	230,420	1,340
#94	Sanders	230,374	1,340

Who is named Long

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

80% of people named Long identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Longs

55 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1947
Matt Long
American actor, born 1980
Richard Long
American actor (1927-1974)

Notable Longs come mostly from the United States (49), Australia (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lung

Surnames that sound like Long

Long has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

Questions

Where does the surname Long come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 隴／陇 (Lǒng).
How common is the surname Long?: 229,374 people in the United States had the surname Long in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,346 Americans. It ranked 97th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Long?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Long identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Long?: Justin Long, American actor (born 1978), followed by Nia Long.
Where is the surname Long most common?: Wikidata records people named Long in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Long?: Long is /ˈlɒŋ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Long?: Long is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Long getting more or less common?: More common. 223,494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 229,374 in 2010, up 2.6%.
What are other spellings of Long?: Lung.
Is Long also a first name?: Yes. Long is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.