The Lange surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,984 people carried this name — #1,132 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,520 people counted. That is up 3% from 29,977 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
4,840 people named Lange have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,826 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,205 people named Lange.
182 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,508 people named Lange live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
903 people named Lange live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 639 people named Lange live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
2,132 people named Lange are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lange in American newspapers,
1868–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 614,868 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lange,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cornelis Johan de Lange 1752–1820 · writer -
Bernard Lange 1754–1839 · sculptor -
Jacob Erik Lange 1767–1825 · politician -
Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange 1772–1825 · actor -
Otto Vincent Lange 1797–1870 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 155 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lange.
- Landy 2,474 · U.S. census
- Lane 134,227 · U.S. census
- Lanes 429 · U.S. census
- Lanfranchi 169 · U.S. census
- Lang 61,529 · U.S. census
- Langa 350 · U.S. census
- Langel 1,108 · U.S. census
- Langelier 529 · U.S. census
- Langella 497 · U.S. census
- Langellier 182 · U.S. census
- Langenbach 486 · U.S. census
- Langenfeld 1,111 · U.S. census
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