Last Name LANCASTER

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Meaning Local: Of Lancaster, the well-known country town of Lancashire.
Local: A town and county of England, the castle or city on the 'Loyne' or 'Lan' river. The Britons called it 'Cuerwerydd. (See Chester.)
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 1,009 (2000 US census) 931 (1990 US census)
Count 31,686 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.89%, or 27215 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.64%, or 3055 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.53%, or 168 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.64%, or 203 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.64%, or 520 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.66%, or 526 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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