Lancaster meaning | Last name Lancaster origin

Following is the meaning of Lancaster surname. Family name Lancaster is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
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

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

Lancaster is common in England country(ies).

Lancaster is ranked 8462 in 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

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Lancaster

How popular is Lancaster?

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
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Immigrants to US

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 :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.

Celebrities having Lancaster surname

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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