Show ContentsLangen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Langen is derived from the Old German word "lang," which means "long;" it is supposed that it may have been a nickname for a very tall person. There is a town of Langen in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany, and the surname may have come from the place name.

Early Origins of the Langen family

The surname Langen was first found in border areas between the Netherlands, Westphalia and Lower Saxony.

Early History of the Langen family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Langen research. Another 178 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1184, 1291, 1350, 1519, 1567, 1711, 1733, 1764, 1824, 1828, 1835, 1848, 1875 and 1930 are included under the topic Early Langen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Langen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lange, Langer, Lang, Langen, de langen and others.

Early Notables of the Langen family

From this era of Dutch history, those of this who distinguished themselves included Samuel Gotthold Lange (1711-81), who was a poet and translator. The knight Karl Heinrich von Lang (1764-1835) was a German historian and private secretary...
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United States Langen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Langen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • William Langen, who sailed to Pennsylvania in 1777
  • William Langen, aged 20, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1777 1
Langen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Maria Langen, who landed in America in 1837 1
  • Franziska Langen, who arrived in Texas in 1846 1
  • Bern Jos Heinr Langen, who landed in America in 1850 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Langen (post 1700) +

  • Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (1913-1976), American Republican politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 67th District, 1951-58; U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 1959-71 2
  • Albert Langen, German publisher who founded the highly influential satirical journal "Simplicissmus" in 1869


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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