Langwell Surname

430,251st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Langwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Langwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7131:508,35842,645
New Zealand381:119,16614,967
England241:2,321,58686,519
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1291:389,29229,048

Langwell (221) may also be a first name.

Langwell Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Langwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name Langwell is the 430,251st most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,098,060 people. The surname Langwell occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Langwell are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Langwell is also the 606,684th most common forename worldwide, held by 221 people.

Langwell is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 713 people, or 1 in 508,358. In The United States Langwell is most frequent in: California, where 18 percent are found, Texas, where 14 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 13 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 5 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Langwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Langwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Langwell last name increased 553 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Langwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Langwell surname are 24.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.03% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Langwell earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 27.52% less than the national average, earning 250,848 kr per year and in United States they earn 3.23% less than the national average, earning $41,754 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Langwel932/
Longwell882,805/
Languell88208/
Langweil88101/
Langwele8848/
Langbell8829/
Langwill8812/
Langweld881/
Langwelt880/
Longwwell821/
Languel8062/
Langbel805/
Langwil802/
Longwel801/
Longwill75445/
Longwele751/
Lanquell751/
Longuell751/
Languil6744/
Langbøl673/
Lanquel671/
Longbel671/
Longuel671/
Longwil670/
Llanquel6382/
Longwile630/
Llainquel591/
Longuil5334/
Lanquil530/
Llanquil509/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Langwell
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