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lang Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish, English, Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a tall person, from Older Scots, Middle English, Middle Dutch, Middle German, and Danish lang ‘long’, Swedish lång.
  2. Hungarian: from láng ‘flame’, hence probably a nickname for a passionate person, or a man with a fighting spirit. Alternatively it may be an indirect occupational name for a smith or someone who worked with fire.
  3. Chinese : from the name of a place called Lang City in the state of Lu, founded during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc) by a grandson of the ruler. His descendants lived there and adopted Lang as their surname.
  4. Vietnamese (Lãng): unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of lang Families in the US in 1920
Number of lang families
 808-1614
 270-807		 1-269
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