How common is the last name Langston?

18,883 people in the United States have the last name Langston, about 1 in 15,829. It ranks #1,865 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LANGSTON

#1,865

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,883
About
1 in 15,829
This common or more
47%
Who bears it

Of the 18,883 people with the last name Langston, 68.3% reported their origin as White, 22.3% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Langston

#1,863 Epps · 18,900#1,864 Betts · 18,891#1,866 Penn · 18,879#1,867 Brewster · 18,855

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Langston, most common first.

#4,097 Langdon · 8,400#13,221 Langton · 2,213#81,829 Lankton · 249#91,198 Lansdon · 217#107,521 Lankston · 176

Also a first name

As a first name, Langston ranks #3,889 of 53,615, with 5,039 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 425 births. See Langston as a first name

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