Last Name LANHAM

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Meaning	Local: Of Langham. Parishes in dioces Ely, Peterborough, St. Albans, and Norwich. A contraction of 'Lavenham,' a town in Suffolk, England; whence the family originally came. Welsh, 'Llyfn,' a smooth, level place.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	3,379 (2000 US census)	3,124 (1990 US census)

Count	9,689 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.29%, or 8845 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.57%, or 443 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 38 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.74%, or 72 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.47%, or 142 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.54%, or 149 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...