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Langer: what the name means

Langer means “long”: from German lang.

In January 2017, 3,979 people in Czechia were named Langer or Langerová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.

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Questions

What does the surname Langer mean?

Langer means “long”: from German lang.

How many people are called Langer in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 3,979 people in Czechia were named Langer or Langerová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Langer most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (387), Olomouc (228), Brno (193).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Langer: ptejteseknihovny.cz
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)