Lang Family History
Lang Name Meaning
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.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.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.Vietnamese (Lãng): unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lang
Name Distribution of Lang Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lang families
 808 - 1,614  270 - 807 |
 1 - 269  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lang families
|
450 - 898 151 - 449 |
1 - 150 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lang families
|
650 - 1,298 217 - 649 |
1 - 216 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lang census records
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Lang Family Origin
Lang Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lang
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Lang Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lang census records
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Lang Civil War Service Records
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