Explore the Family Name Lelong

The meaning of Lelong

French: nickname for a tall person, from Old French le long ‘the long, the tall’, a variant of Long, with fused masculine definite article le.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Lelong in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lelong experienced a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname dropped by 15.43 percent, moving from 124,872 in 2000 to 144,141 in 2010. This drop in rank indicates that the name has become less common. Furthermore, the count of individuals with this surname also decreased by about 9.45 percent, going from 127 in 2000 to 115 in 2010. This indicates a decrease in the number of people carrying the Lelong surname. The proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people also decreased by 20 percent, from 0.05 in 2000 to 0.04 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#124,872	#144,141	-15.43%
Count	127	115	-9.45%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.04	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lelong

Turning to ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, there was a notable shift among people carrying the Lelong surname from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, about 73.23 percent identified as White, which increased by 12.81 percent to 82.61 percent in 2010. Those identifying as Hispanic made up 14.17 percent in 2000, decreasing slightly to 13.91 percent in 2010. An interesting change was observed in the Asian/Pacific Islander category, which went from constituting 9.45 percent in 2000 to no representatives in 2010. There were no individuals in 2000 or 2010 who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native. Moreover, no individuals reported having two or more races in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	73.23%	82.61%	12.81%
Hispanic	14.17%	13.91%	-1.83%
Asian/Pacific Islander	9.45%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%