How common is the surname Longstreet?

1,942 people in the United States had the surname Longstreet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. It ranked 15,171st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Longstreet?

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, American journalist (1790–1870).

Where is the surname Longstreet most common?

Wikidata records people named Longstreet in the United States.

Is the surname Longstreet getting more or less common?

More common. 1,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,942 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Longstreet

A surname, carried by 1,942 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Longstreet is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,942 people named Longstreet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,847.

#15,171

rank among US surnames

1,942

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,745)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,163	Welcher	1,944	158,820
#15,166	Martelli	1,943	158,901
#15,171	Ferman	1,942	158,983
#15,178	Llanas	1,941	159,065

Who is named Longstreet

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

68% of people named Longstreet identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Longstreets

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
American journalist (1790–1870)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Longstreet

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

Questions

How common is the surname Longstreet?: 1,942 people in the United States had the surname Longstreet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. It ranked 15,171st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Longstreet?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Longstreet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Longstreet?: Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, American journalist (1790–1870).
Where is the surname Longstreet most common?: Wikidata records people named Longstreet in the United States.
Is the surname Longstreet getting more or less common?: More common. 1,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,942 in 2010, up 5.1%.