Lang Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Lang Name Meaning: A nickname for a tall person or, in Chinese, "Dragon".

The English and French origin of this name is a nickname of a tall person or family. In Chinese, however, it means \"dragon\".

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Lang Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lang family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 629
Cotton Weaver 82
General Labourer 64
Dress Maker 41
Agricultural Labourer 40
Living On Own Means 32
Domestic Servant 28
Farm Labourer 28
Labourer 27
Laundress 25
Clerk 24
General Servant 22
Farmer 22
Carpenter 21
Living On Her Own Means 20
House Keeper 18
Coal Miner 18
Tailor 16
Blacksmith 14
Gardener 14
General Servant Domestic 14
Dressmaker 12
Farm Servant 11
Butcher 11
Cotton Winder 11

Lang Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Long 75% 147,647
2 Lang 100% 27,910
3 Ling 75% 21,313
4 Laing 80% 10,479
5 Leng 75% 5,219
6 Lange 80% 1,971
7 Linge 60% 1,131
8 Longe 60% 983
9 Ealing 50% 661
10 Eling 60% 567
11 Lung 75% 233
12 Aling 60% 173
13 Loung 60% 133
14 Luing 60% 118
15 Longue 50% 117

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The surname Lang is the 2nd most popular variant of Long.

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