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    The surname Longstaff

    An occupational surname, carried by 473 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L523

    Longstaff: #45,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Longstaff #45,253, 473 people Longstaff: #45,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Longstaff #45,253, 473 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Longstaff is more common than 72.1% of them.

    Origin

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

    Longstaff is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 473 people named Longstaff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 652,739 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 455.

    #45,253
    rank among US surnames
    473
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #44,497)

    Who is named Longstaff

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

    95% of people named Longstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Longstaff

    Longstaff has the Soundex code L523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L523.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Longstaff come from?
    From long + staff, perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a tipstaff or beadle or, alternatively, a nickname for a tall, thin man.
    How common is the surname Longstaff?
    473 people in the United States had the surname Longstaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 652,739 Americans. It ranked 45,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Longstaff?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Longstaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Longstaff?
    Longstaff is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Longstaff getting more or less common?
    More common. 455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 473 in 2010, up 4.0%.