Longe Surname
Approximately 7,684 people bear this surname
Longe Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the long,' from the stature of the original bearer; compare Longfellow and Longman; compare also Short, &c.
Henry le Longe, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Longe, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameLonge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,097 | 1:43,237 | 3,390 |
| United States | 1,124 | 1:322,472 | 29,379 |
| DR Congo | 1,088 | 1:67,904 | 8,002 |
| England | 270 | 1:206,363 | 17,844 |
| France | 207 | 1:320,883 | 48,728 |
| Canada | 144 | 1:255,872 | 24,214 |
| Indonesia | 124 | 1:1,066,526 | 77,317 |
| Zambia | 119 | 1:133,193 | 9,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97 | 1:84,059 | 11,132 |
| Ireland | 89 | 1:52,909 | 3,746 |
| Belgium | 51 | 1:225,424 | 28,627 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Guyana | 23 | 1:33,140 | 3,492 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 38 | 1:116,575 | 6,975 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 56 | 1:435,274 | 25,262 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 322 | 1:155,959 | 14,357 |
The alternate forms: Longé (30) & Longè (1) are calculated separately.
Longe (516) may also be a first name.
Longe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the long,' from the stature of the original bearer; compare Longfellow and Longman; compare also Short, &c.
Henry le Longe, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John le Longe, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Walter le Longe, Salop, ibid.
Johanna Long, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1536-7. Thomas Bolton and Mary Long: Marriage Lic. (London).
A surname descriptive of the stature of the original bearer. Johannes Longus who witnessed a grant to the Hospital of Soltre, c. 1180—1214 (Soltre, p. 5) is doubtless the Johannes Longus who witnessed the grant of Gillemoristun by Richard de Morevil, a. 1189 (REG., p. 39), and c. 1180 a charter by Euerard de Pencathlan to Kelso (Kelso, 370), William Longus held land near Lyntonrothrik (c. 1200) (RHM., I, 3), Adam Long appears in Dumfriesshire, c. 1259 (Bain, I, 2176; APS., I, p. 88), Gregory le Long was a burgess of Dundee in 1268 (Balmerinoch, p. 25), and c. 1350 William Long witnessed confirmation of Snawdoun to Dryburgh (Dryburgh, 232).
From stature; a tall person. One of the family of Preux, an attendant on Lord Treasurer Hungerford, from his great height, acquired the sobriquet of Long Henry. On his marriage to a lady of quality he transposed this appellation to Henry Long, and became the founder of the Longs of Wiltshire. Camden. The H.R. forms of the name are Longus, Le Long, and Le Longe.
Long. —This name is confined south of a line drawn west - south - west from the Wash. It has evidently more than one home, the principal one being in Wilts and the neighbouring county of Gloucester; there is a second in Kent, and a third in Norfolk and Suffolk and their vicinity. According to Camden, the Wiltshire Longs are descended from a very tall attendant of Lord Treasurer Hungerford. However, we know that the Longs have been established in this part of England for many centuries, since we learn from the Hundred Rolls that the name was numerous in Oxfordshire, as well as in Cambridgeshire, in the reign of Edward I.
Longe Demographics
Longe Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Longe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Longe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Longe (Hindi: लोंगे, Russian: Лонге) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Longé or Longè. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Longe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 65,021st most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 948,405 people. The surname Longe occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Longe reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Longe is also the 372,032nd most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 516 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4,097 people, or 1 in 43,237. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 23 percent live, Edo, where 23 percent live and Ekiti, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 57 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Longe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Longe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Longe surname expanded 349 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 482 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 234 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Longe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Longe last name is predominantly Catholic (87%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Longe surname are 15.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.29% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Longe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.07% less than the national average, earning 193,573 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 55.9% more than the national average, earning R 370,476 per year; in United States they earn 3.39% more than the national average, earning $44,612 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.42% less than the national average, earning $44,508 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Longe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Longe in the Hindi language | ||
| लोंगे | longe | - |
| Longe in the Russian language | ||
| Лонге | longe | - |
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Longe Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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