# Longstaff (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/longstaff/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 473 |
| US rank (2010) | 45,253 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 652,739 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (455 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From long + staff, perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a tipstaff or beadle or, alternatively, a nickname for a tall, thin man.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Longstaff 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Longstreet, Longstreth, Longtin, Langston, Langdon, Lemaster, Lemasters, Langton, Lumsden, Linscott, Lowenstein, Lonsdale.

## 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.