How common is the surname Angier?

525 people in the United States had the surname Angier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 588,087 Americans. It ranked 41,426th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Angier?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Angier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Angier?

Natalie Angier, American writer.

Where is the surname Angier most common?

Wikidata records people named Angier in the United States.

Is the surname Angier getting more or less common?

Less common. 526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 525 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Angier

A patronymic surname, carried by 525 people in the United States.

3 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). Angier is more common than 74.5% of them.

Origin

Patronymic surname from the Old French personal name Angier, probably a compound of Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“deity”) + *gaizaz (“spear, javelin”).

Angier is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 525 people named Angier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 588,087 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 526.

#41,426

rank among US surnames

525

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #39,378)

Who is named Angier

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

94% of people named Angier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Angiers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Natalie Angier
American writer, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Angier

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

Questions

Where does the surname Angier come from?: Patronymic surname from the Old French personal name Angier, probably a compound of Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“deity”) + *gaizaz (“spear, javelin”).
How common is the surname Angier?: 525 people in the United States had the surname Angier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 588,087 Americans. It ranked 41,426th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Angier?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Angier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Angier?: Natalie Angier, American writer.
Where is the surname Angier most common?: Wikidata records people named Angier in the United States.
What type of surname is Angier?: Angier is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Angier getting more or less common?: Less common. 526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 525 in 2010, down 0.2%.