Longfellow Surname

140,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Longfellow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the long fellow'; compare Goodfellow, Bonfellow, Stringfellow, &c. This surname is only found in records and registers of Yorkshire The American poet was the descendant of a Yorkshire family.

Peter Langfellay, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

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Longfellow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8121:128,89713,617
England2471:225,57918,901
Canada431:856,87466,382
India211:36,526,923420,161
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
France71:9,488,960336,266
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Barbados11:287,4482,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2041:119,48711,415
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9101:55,1856,183

Longfellow (20) may also be a first name.

Longfellow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the long fellow'; compare Goodfellow, Bonfellow, Stringfellow, &c. This surname is only found in records and registers of Yorkshire The American poet was the descendant of a Yorkshire family.

Peter Langfellay, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Elizabeth Longfellow, Yorkshire: Deposition from York Castle (Surtees Society).

Margery Langfellow, 1491, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Henry Emmott, alias Longfellow, 1590 (Reg. Skipton Ch.): Dawson's History of Skipton.

1645. Baptised — William, s. of William Longfellow: Reg. Skipton Ch.

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

(Anglo-Scand.) Tall Man [Middle English long, Old English long, lang= Old Norse lang-r + Middle English felawe, Old English feó-laga, Old Norse félagi, a partner, associate]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, French) The tall partner or companion; one who came from Longueville (great town), in France.

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

1. Originally applied to a tall person. 2. An ingenious etymologist has derived it from the French surname Longuevilliers. The Poet's ancestors are said to have emigrated to America from Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Longueville; a town of Seine, France.

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

Longfellow: the poet, derives a mutilated name from Longueville in Calvados.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Longfellow Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Longfellow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 140,912th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,302,542 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Longfellow are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

The last name Longfellow is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,812 people, or 1 in 128,897. In The United States Longfellow is mostly concentrated in: California, where 8 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and Indiana, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Longfellow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Longfellow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Longfellow last name expanded 309 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 121 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Longfellow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Longfellow last name are 16.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.49% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Longfellow earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 1.54% less than the national average, earning 340,752 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning $43,872 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.28% less than the national average, earning $41,593 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Longfellows952/
Longfelow951/
Langfellow9011/
Longfellew901/

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