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    The surname Edgell

    An English surname, carried by 2,311 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E324

    Edgell: #13,221 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Edgell #13,221, 2,311 people Edgell: #13,221 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edgell #13,221, 2,311 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edgell is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed by the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,311 people named Edgell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,598 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,194.

    #13,221
    rank among US surnames
    2,311
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,858)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,214Pattillo2,313133,483
    #13,219Devitt2,312133,540
    #13,221Vanvalkenburg2,311133,598
    #13,226Mance2,310133,656
    #13,230Prindle2,309133,714

    Who is named Edgell

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

    95% of people named Edgell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Edgells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Zee Edgell
      Belizean writer (1940-2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Edghill

    Surnames that sound like Edgell

    Edgell has the Soundex code E324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E324.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Edgell come from?
    From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed by the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”).
    How common is the surname Edgell?
    2,311 people in the United States had the surname Edgell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,598 Americans. It ranked 13,221st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edgell?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Edgell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Edgell?
    Zee Edgell, Belizean writer (1940-2020).
    Where is the surname Edgell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Edgell in Belize.
    Is the surname Edgell getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,311 in 2010, up 5.3%.
    What are other spellings of Edgell?
    Edghill.