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There are approximately 14,629 people named Lang in the UK. That makes it the 692nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 232 are named Lang.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

Related and similar surnames

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The Lang surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

gp LANG. A common prefix to names of places which have become surnames, as in Langhourne, Langshaw, Laugton, Laugridge, Langford, Langdale, i.e., respectively, the long stream,- wood, -enclosure, -ridge, -ford, -dale.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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