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    The surname Egloff

    A surname, carried by 757 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E241

    Egloff: #30,767 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Egloff #30,767, 757 people Egloff: #30,767 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Egloff #30,767, 757 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Egloff is more common than 81% of them.

    Origin

    German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the old Germanic name *Egilolf, from *aggju (“edge of a sword”) + *wulf (“wolf”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 757 people named Egloff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 407,854 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 721.

    #30,767
    rank among US surnames
    757
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #30,552)

    Who is named Egloff

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

    96% of people named Egloff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Egloff

    Egloff has the Soundex code E241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E241.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Egloff come from?
    German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the old Germanic name *Egilolf, from *aggju (“edge of a sword”) + *wulf (“wolf”).
    How common is the surname Egloff?
    757 people in the United States had the surname Egloff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 407,854 Americans. It ranked 30,767th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Egloff?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Egloff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Egloff getting more or less common?
    More common. 721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 757 in 2010, up 5.0%.