How common is the surname Egle?

518 people in the United States had the surname Egle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. It ranked 41,959th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Egle?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Egle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Egle?

Madeleine Egle, Austrian luge athlete, followed by Selina Egle.

Where is the surname Egle most common?

Wikidata records people named Egle in Austria.

Is the surname Egle getting more or less common?

More common. 513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 518 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Egle

A German surname, carried by 518 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Egle is more common than 74.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As an English surname, variant of Eagle. * As a south German and Alemannic German surname, short form of ancient Germanic names containing the element *aggju (“edge of a sword”). Compare Egli.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 518 people named Egle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 513.

#41,959

rank among US surnames

518

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #40,203)

Who is named Egle

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

96% of people named Egle identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Egles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Madeleine Egle
Austrian luge athlete, born 1998
Selina Egle
Austrian luger, born 2003

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Egle

Egle has the Soundex code E240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E240.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Egle come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Eagle. * As a south German and Alemannic German surname, short form of ancient Germanic names containing the element *aggju (“edge of a sword”). Compare Egli.
How common is the surname Egle?: 518 people in the United States had the surname Egle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. It ranked 41,959th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Egle?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Egle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Egle?: Madeleine Egle, Austrian luge athlete, followed by Selina Egle.
Where is the surname Egle most common?: Wikidata records people named Egle in Austria.
Is the surname Egle getting more or less common?: More common. 513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 518 in 2010, up 1.0%.