London

London is the 2,281st most common surname in the United States, shared by 15,576 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 19,200.

By the numbers

People: 15,576
Rank: 2,281st
How common: 1 in 19,200
Per 100,000: 5.2

Where the name comes from

From Middle English Londoun, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname London described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 53.7%
Black, not Hispanic 37.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 4.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called London

Jack London (1876–1916)American author, journalist and social activist
Fritz London (1900–1954)German-American physicist
Julie London (1926–2000)American actress and singer
Lauren London (born 1984)American actress, model, and television personality
Jason London (born 1972)American actor
Paul London (born 1980)American professional wrestler
Artur London (1915–1986)Czechoslovak communist politician
Jeremy London (born 1972)American actor

People named London with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like London

Also a first name

London has been given to 54,779 American babies as a first name since 1886, peaking in 2013. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.