How common is the last name Lancaster?

31,286 people in the United States have the last name Lancaster, about 1 in 9,554. It ranks #1,104 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LANCASTER

#1,104

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,286
About
1 in 9,554
This common or more
40.9%
Who bears it

Of the 31,286 people with the last name Lancaster, 81% reported their origin as White, 9.7% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lancaster

#1,102 Dailey · 31,350#1,103 Bolton · 31,334#1,105 Song · 31,257#1,106 Castellanos · 31,212

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lancaster, most common first.

#142,049 Lanchester · 120

Also a first name

As a first name, Lancaster ranks #53,461 of 53,615, with 99 people. See Lancaster as a first name

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