Langman Surname

108,214th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Langman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the long man'; v. Shortman; compare Longfellow, Long, and Longman.

William Langman, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William Langeman, Close Rolls, 7 Richard II.

1729.

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Langman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1231:322,76029,402
Australia8051:33,5354,419
England6031:92,4019,913
Canada4911:75,0428,471
South Africa4901:110,56713,306
New Zealand1881:24,0874,212
Namibia1331:18,1163,169
Netherlands1251:135,09720,820
Israel1211:70,7248,722
Wales401:77,3636,557
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
France311:2,142,668174,004
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Panama111:355,6607,645
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Norfolk Island51:459108
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
China21:683,660,78330,601
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4361:55,9076,641
Wales171:92,2604,121
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1351:371,99028,019

Langman (50) may also be a first name.

Langman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the long man'; v. Shortman; compare Longfellow, Long, and Longman.

William Langman, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William Langeman, Close Rolls, 7 Richard II.

1729. Married — Gammalieu Maud and Alice Langman: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) Long Man [Old English lang + mann]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

See Lang and Longman; a person of great stature.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Langman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Langman (Russian: Лангман) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Langman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 108,214th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,693,597 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Langman are found; 34 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Langman is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 50 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,123 people, or 1 in 322,760. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 13 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 38 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 19 percent live and England, where 14 percent live.

Langman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Langman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Langman surname grew 832 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 138 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 235 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Langman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Langman surname are 7.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.73% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Langman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 1.62% more than the national average, earning R 241,488 per year; in United States they earn 10.36% more than the national average, earning $47,619 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.71% more than the national average, earning $51,028 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Langman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Langman in the Russian language
Лангманlangman-

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