Find out how popular the last name Delongchamp is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Delongchamp.

Delongchamp, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Delongchamp surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Delongchamp in America

Delongchamp is the 73911th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Delongchamp surname appeared 262 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Delongchamp.

We can also compare 2010 data for Delongchamp to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Delongchamp

The surname DELONGCHAMP has its origins in France, dating back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old French phrase "de long champ," meaning "from the long field." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near or owned a long stretch of cultivated land.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Père de Chartres, a medieval cartulary from the 12th century, where a certain Robertus de Longocampo is mentioned. This indicates that the name was already in use by the 12th century in the region around Chartres, France.

In the 13th century, a noble family bearing the name DELONGCHAMP held lands in the Normandy region of France. Records from this period mention a Guillaume DELONGCHAMP, who served as a knight and participated in the Seventh Crusade under King Louis IX in the mid-13th century.

The name also appears in historical records from the 14th century, such as the Rôles des bans et arrière-bans du comté de Bourgogne, where a Jean DELONGCHAMP is listed among the nobility of the County of Burgundy.

During the 16th century, a notable figure with the surname DELONGCHAMP was Claude DELONGCHAMP (1510-1578), a French theologian and scholar who served as the rector of the University of Paris.

Another prominent individual bearing this name was Jacques DELONGCHAMP (1674-1756), a French botanist and horticulturist who served as the director of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. He made significant contributions to the study and classification of plants.

In the 18th century, a member of the DELONGCHAMP family, Nicolas DELONGCHAMP (1733-1798), gained prominence as a French playwright and librettist, known for his works in the opéra comique genre.

The surname DELONGCHAMP has also been associated with various place names in France, such as Longchamp, a district in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, and Longchamps, a commune in the Somme department in northern France.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Delongchamp

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Delongchamp.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Delongchamp was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Delongchamp has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Delongchamp was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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