Langdale Surname

189,652nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Langdale Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Langdale,' a parish in Westmorland.

Robert de Langedale, Westmorland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Alban Langdale, 1554: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Langdale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9581:378,35033,446
England8631:64,5637,532
Canada1511:244,01123,241
Australia1291:209,26920,284
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
Scotland371:144,6988,671
Wales121:257,87814,969
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5181:47,0575,819
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1191:422,00630,979

Langdale Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Langdale,' a parish in Westmorland.

Robert de Langedale, Westmorland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Alban Langdale, 1554: Register of the University of Oxford.

1673. Married — Edward Langdale and Elizabeth Landoys: St. Michael, Cornhill.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English and Scandinavian) Dweller at the Long Dale [Old English lang = O.N. lang-r + Old English dæl = Old Norse dal-r] More particularly a Westmoreland name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Two or three places in Westmoreland, are so called. The family of the Lords Langdale (1658) held the manor of Langdale in the hundred of Pickering before the time of King John.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cumberland.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Langdale Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Langdale Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Langdale is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Langdale? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 189,652nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,272,360 people. The last name Langdale is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Langdale reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Langdale is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 958 people, or 1 in 378,350. In The United States Langdale is primarily found in: South Carolina, where 19 percent live, Florida, where 17 percent live and California, where 16 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in England, where 39 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Langdale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Langdale has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Langdale surname grew 805 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 925 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Langdale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Langdale last name are 21.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.37% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Langdale earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.34% less than the national average, earning $43,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.68% more than the national average, earning $51,513 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Langddale942/
Langdales940/
Langdal93183/
Langdahl88252/
Longdale8821/
Langdall882/
Lagdali80409/
Longdal801/
Longdole7511/
Laugdali758/
Longdail757/
Langdeyl751/
Leungdahl710/
Logdali67795/
Lonningdal671/
Longdol671/
Lougdali63170/
Lockdale631/

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