Longman Surname

76,136th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Longman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the long man'; compare Longfellow, Long, Lang, Short, &c.

1547-8. Richard Longman and Agnes Ebbes: Marriage Lic. (London).

1758. Married — Lambert Howard and Elizabeth Longman: St.

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Longman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,5171:22,1373,092
United States1,6181:224,01721,684
Canada4631:79,5808,905
Australia4541:59,4627,217
Nigeria3751:472,38123,815
South Africa2621:206,78521,999
Jamaica1771:16,2141,518
New Zealand1591:28,4804,971
Wales851:36,4063,615
Brazil681:3,148,15291,004
Cameroon411:506,56340,818
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Singapore171:323,98313,856
China171:80,430,6804,441
Israel171:503,39037,521
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
India71:109,580,769786,157
Bahamas51:78,350887
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
France31:22,140,907385,998
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4921:16,3372,393
Wales191:82,5483,796
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2511:200,07417,416

Longman (2,921) may also be a first name.

Longman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the long man'; compare Longfellow, Long, Lang, Short, &c.

1547-8. Richard Longman and Agnes Ebbes: Marriage Lic. (London).

1758. Married — Lambert Howard and Elizabeth Longman: St. George, Hanover Square.

1788. — James Longman and Anne Sawer: ibid.

1802. Married — James Longmate and Elizabeth Callender; St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Tall Man [Old English long + man(n]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. A man of great stature. 2. A village in Banffshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

This name may be derived from stature; but Longman is also the name of a village co. Banff.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Banff.

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

Longman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Longman (Hindi: लौंगमैन, Russian: Лонгман) is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Longman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Longman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Longman is the 76,136th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,131,431 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 42 percent of Longman live; 41 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 134,341st most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 2,921 people.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 2,517 people, or 1 in 22,137. In England Longman is most numerous in: Hampshire, where 14 percent are found, Greater London, where 14 percent are found and Essex, where 10 percent are found. Outside of England this last name exists in 58 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Longman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Longman has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Longman surname grew 169 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 645 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 447 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 286 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Longman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Longman surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Longman last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered with the party.

The amount Longman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 100.21% more than the national average, earning R 475,776 per year; in United States they earn 11.34% more than the national average, earning $48,041 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.19% less than the national average, earning $46,111 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Longman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Longman in the Hindi language
लौंगमैनlaungamaina-
Longman in the Russian language
Лонгманlongman-

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