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    The surname Longnecker

    A surname, carried by 1,497 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L525

    Longnecker: #18,474 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Longnecker #18,474, 1,497 people Longnecker: #18,474 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Longnecker #18,474, 1,497 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Longnecker is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,497 people named Longnecker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,243 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,457.

    #18,474
    rank among US surnames
    1,497
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,734)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,467Sciacca1,498206,105
    #18,474Longnecker1,497206,243
    #18,478Melnyk1,496206,381

    Who is named Longnecker

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

    96% of people named Longnecker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Longnecker

    Longnecker 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 Longnecker?
    1,497 people in the United States had the surname Longnecker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,243 Americans. It ranked 18,474th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Longnecker?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Longnecker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Longnecker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,497 in 2010, up 2.7%.