How common is the surname Anger?

1,985 people in the United States had the surname Anger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,539 Americans. It ranked 14,913th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Anger?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Anger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Anger?

Hal Anger, American electrical engineer/inventor - Anger camera (1920-2005), followed by Darol Anger.

Where is the surname Anger most common?

Wikidata records people named Anger in the United States.

Is the surname Anger getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,985 in 2010, down 2.6%.

The surname Anger

A French surname, carried by 1,985 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Anger is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French or German.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,985 people named Anger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,539 Americans. That is down 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,039.

#14,913

rank among US surnames

1,985

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,648)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,913	Anger	1,985	155,539
#14,920	Laurel	1,984	155,618

Who is named Anger

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Anger identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Angers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hal Anger
American electrical engineer/inventor - Anger camera (1920-2005)
Darol Anger
American violinist, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Anger

Anger has the Soundex code A526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A526.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Anger come from?: Anger is French in origin.
How common is the surname Anger?: 1,985 people in the United States had the surname Anger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,539 Americans. It ranked 14,913th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Anger?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Anger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Anger?: Hal Anger, American electrical engineer/inventor - Anger camera (1920-2005), followed by Darol Anger.
Where is the surname Anger most common?: Wikidata records people named Anger in the United States.
Is the surname Anger getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,985 in 2010, down 2.6%.