Lancaster is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lancaster
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: A town and county of England, the castle or city on the Loyne or Lan river. The Britons called it Caerwerydd

How popular is Lancaster?

Lancaster is common in England.

Lancaster is ranked 8462 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lancaster bearers increased by 2.133434 per cent in 2010 US census to 32362 since 2000, the surname slipped by 71 spots and ranked at 1080. The last name was found in around 110 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.28 85.89
Black 10.07 9.64
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.66
Others 2.1 1.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.53
Lancaster is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 63919 people have been found who wears Lancaster as their family name. Lancaster is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
6,367 Japan9
9,540 Thailand9
45,932 Philippines8
6,235 Costa Rica7
23,739 Nigeria5
103,755 Czech Republic5
3,224 Afghanistan3
16,605 Austria3
1,219,338 India3
4,164 Vietnam2
37,372 Georgia2
723,167 Indonesia2
20,837 Venezuela2
4,104 South Korea2
5,300 Syria2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
6,900 Oman2
31,767 Greece2
35,969 Denmark2
37,779 Serbia1
17,768 Pakistan1
17,236 Ghana1
2,309 Monaco1
10,958 Bangladesh1
1,254 Gibraltar1
8,859 Iraq1
58,885 Poland1
2,613 The Bahamas1
1,005 The Gambia1
53,505 Turkey1
34,581 Chile1
24,176 Qatar1
4,249 Cambodia1
1,179 Swaziland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,190 Barbados1
10,190 Bahrain1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
36,814 Romania1
7,847 Albania1
123,175 Tanzania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,169 Cyprus26
2,645 Luxembourg26
42,407 Sweden22
699 Isle of Man21
606 Guernsey18
90,101 Germany15
52,768 United Arab Emirates15
220,909 Ukraine12
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,596 Colombia87
29,447 Spain85
6,658 Uruguay73
2,783 Jamaica71
152,430 Russia66
33,970 Netherlands66
6,628 Portugal65
3,129 Northern Ireland60
26,687 Belgium59
17,264 Israel59
5,248 Singapore59
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Lancaster:
6,440 Mexico864
847 New Zealand817
16,274 Brazil811
681 Wales542
1,414 Scotland532
32,528 France306
2,190 Ireland213
36,751 Argentina134
1,393 Trinidad and Tobago132
1,069 Guyana124
9,988 Switzerland117
59,335 Italy112
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Lancaster:
799 Australia3,821
2,093 South Africa3,105
2,458 Canada2,011
Countries with ten thousands of Lancaster:
982 United States38,105
625 England10,986
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Richard Lancaster from Ireland aboard the H.H. Boody from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in USA on May 4, 1849. 41 years old John Lancaster, Workwoman Mrs Lancaster, John Lancaster, Immigrant John Lancaster, Thomas Lancaster, aged 25, William Lancaster (40) Immigrant, Eliza Lancaster (39) Immigrant, 11 years old Thomas Lancaster, Margaret Lancaster, and 9 other Lancaster around 45.45% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Comments

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Shaquana Sigg
Lancaster is an original English name, represents a city name, that is to say fortress on the river lan and the designer native of this city.

Lancaster Namesakes

  • Alissa Michele Lancaster, Author
  • Amber Lancaster, Model
  • Ron Lancaster, Player
  • Jack Lancaster, Composer
  • Asia Lancaster, Screenwriter
  • Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster, Writer
  • Bill Lancaster, Aviator
  • Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster
  • Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster
  • John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Duke of Bedford
  • In 2014, Justin Lancaster characterized the role of Frank in drama movie One Night at Dante's.
  • Andrew Lancaster, from 2011 drama, mystery flick Needle in the Hay, who played the Aaron.
  • In 0 drama movie, Wilt, Grant Lancaster portrayed Miles Parker.

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