How common is the surname Longman?

1,104 people in the United States had the surname Longman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,661 Americans. It ranked 23,120th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Longman?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Longman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Longman?

Evelyn Beatrice Longman, American artist (1874–1954), followed by Genevieve Longman.

Where is the surname Longman most common?

Wikidata records people named Longman in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Longman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,104 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Longman

A surname, carried by 1,104 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Longman is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,104 people named Longman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,661 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,033.

#23,120

rank among US surnames

1,104

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #23,087)

Who is named Longman

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

87% of people named Longman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Longmans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Evelyn Beatrice Longman
American artist (1874–1954)
Genevieve Longman
Australian water polo player, born 1995

Notable Longmans come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Longman

Longman has the Soundex code L525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L525.

Questions

How common is the surname Longman?: 1,104 people in the United States had the surname Longman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,661 Americans. It ranked 23,120th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Longman?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Longman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Longman?: Evelyn Beatrice Longman, American artist (1874–1954), followed by Genevieve Longman.
Where is the surname Longman most common?: Wikidata records people named Longman in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Longman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,033 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,104 in 2010, up 6.9%.