Longshank Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Longshank Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Longshank Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Longshank Last Name Facts

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

The surname Longshank occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Longshank? popularity and diffusion

The surname Longshank is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Longshank occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Longshank reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,571,806. In England it is most frequent in: Essex, where 90 percent live and East Sussex, where 10 percent live. Excluding England this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Longshank
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