Langford Surname

11,837th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Langford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Langford' (i.e. the long ford). Eight parishes are so called in various counties.

Nigel de Langeford, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Langeford, Essex, ibid.

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Langford Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States26,0161:13,9321,733
England8,7391:6,376917
Australia4,8141:5,608817
Canada2,7761:13,2731,960
South Africa1,0441:51,8946,573
Wales8741:3,541383
New Zealand7991:5,667933
Liberia7101:6,209741
Ireland2891:16,2941,804
Scotland2781:19,2582,270
Thailand2191:322,55055,591
Philippines741:1,368,084100,385
Northern Ireland701:26,3582,890
Jamaica561:51,2492,953
Mexico541:2,298,63320,081
Japan521:2,458,54430,480
Guyana461:16,5702,185
France421:1,581,493147,826
Guernsey371:1,742400
Argentina371:1,155,22769,250
Denmark351:161,27813,908
Dominica321:2,372341
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Spain291:1,612,13947,760
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Israel211:407,50632,346
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
American Samoa191:2,935631
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
India161:47,941,586492,263
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Belize151:23,6981,879
Norway151:342,81932,589
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Trinidad and Tobago121:113,6657,200
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guam11:160,1214,893
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1561:28,3972,942
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,4371:5,494840
Wales2381:6,590432
Scotland261:143,9706,132
Jersey201:2,594424
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4011:14,7661,886

Langford (2,042) may also be a first name.

Langford Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Langford' (i.e. the long ford). Eight parishes are so called in various counties.

Nigel de Langeford, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Langeford, Essex, ibid.

Beatrice de Langeford, Oxfordshire, ibid.

John de Langeford, Wiltshire, ibid.

1309. Thomas de Langeford, vicar of Swaffham, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

Ralph de Langeford, Somerset, 1 Edward.

III: Kirby's Quest.

John Langforde, Oxfordshire, 1581: Register of the University of Oxford.

1600. William Langford and Margaret Deux: Marriage Lic. (London).

1718. Married — John Langford and Susanna Barton: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

(English) belonging to Langford, or Dweller at the Long Ford [Old English lang and ford]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

MIF 263*

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Langford (long ford), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes, &c., in cos. Bedford, Berks, Norfolk, Essex, Somerset, Nottingham, Wilts, &c. The Cornish family derive from Boger de Langford, sheriff of Cornwall in 1225, who took his surname from his estate of Langford in the parish of Marham Church. C. S. Gilbert's Cornwall.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Cornish family of this name derives from Roger de Langford, sheriff of Cornwall in 1255, who took his surname from his estate of Langford, in the parish of Marham Church. (C. S. Gilbert. ) The name is probably from lan-vordh, the great enclosure; or lan-ford, the church way. Other families of this name are from parishes in cos. Bedford, Berks, Norfolk, Essex, Somerset, Notts, Wilts, &c.; but their name signifies "long ford."

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Devon, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Wiltshire.

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

Langford Last Name Facts

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

The surname Langford (Russian: Лангфорд) is most common in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Langford click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Langford? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 11,837th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 153,509 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Langford live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 166,947th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,042 people.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 26,016 people, or 1 in 13,932. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 16 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 86 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Langford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Langford has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 765 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 367 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 185 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,069 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Langford Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Langford last name are 13.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.04% registered with the political party.

The amount Langford earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.8% less than the national average, earning 332,921 kr per year; in Peru they earn 616.08% more than the national average, earning S/. 138,812 per year; in South Africa they earn 17.14% more than the national average, earning R 278,364 per year; in United States they earn 3.86% less than the national average, earning $41,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.68% more than the national average, earning $52,008 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Langford Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Langford in the Russian language
Лангфордlangford-

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Langford Reference & Research

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