Langtry Surname

310,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Langtry Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Langtree,' a parish in Devon, eight miles from Bideford, in the Hundred of Shebbear. It is spelt Langetrewe in the Hundred Rolls of 1273.

Agnes Langtree, 1538: Reg. Broad Chalke, Wiltshire.

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Langtry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4461:812,68862,481
Australia2751:98,16611,125
Canada1871:197,03519,314
South Africa1021:531,15442,340
England571:977,51048,999
Ireland411:114,8525,857
Northern Ireland311:59,5174,663
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Gibraltar131:2,612585
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
France31:22,140,907385,998
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China21:683,660,78330,601
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland581:76,3775,461
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1061:229,95617,302
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Langtry (22) may also be a first name.

Langtry Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Langtree,' a parish in Devon, eight miles from Bideford, in the Hundred of Shebbear. It is spelt Langetrewe in the Hundred Rolls of 1273.

Agnes Langtree, 1538: Reg. Broad Chalke, Wiltshire.

Thomas Lantree, 1548: ibid.

(a) Local, 'of Langtree,' a township in the parish of Standish, four miles from Wigan, Lancashire.

Richard Langtree, of Langtree, 1596: Wills at Chester.

Edward Langtree, of Langtree, 1624: ibid. (1621-1650).

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

(English) belonging to Langtree, or Dweller by the Long Tree [Old English lang + tréow, a tree, wood]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Langtry Last Name Facts

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

Langtry is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Langtry? popularity and diffusion

It is the 310,357th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,002,921 people. Langtry occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Langtry live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 22 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 446 people, or 1 in 812,688. In The United States Langtry is most frequent in: New York, where 22 percent reside, California, where 17 percent reside and Michigan, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The United States Langtry occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 23 percent reside and Canada, where 15 percent reside.

Langtry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Langtry has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Langtry last name grew 970 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 46 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 29 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Langtry Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (72%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Langtry surname are 13.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.38% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Langtry earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 33.08% more than the national average, earning R 316,248 per year; in United States they earn 18.42% more than the national average, earning $51,095 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.33% more than the national average, earning $49,846 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Langtrey9318/
Langthrey884/
Longtry860/
Langtree80485/
Longtri7111/
Longtre7110/
Lanktree67436/
Longtree6750/
Longtrai6731/
Longtreet631/

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