How common is the surname Egolf?

1,138 people in the United States had the surname Egolf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. It ranked 22,573rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Egolf?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Egolf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Egolf?

Gretchen Egolf, American actress, followed by Tristan Egolf.

Where is the surname Egolf most common?

Wikidata records people named Egolf in the United States.

Is the surname Egolf getting more or less common?

More common. 1,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,138 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Egolf

A surname, carried by 1,138 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E241

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Egolf is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,138 people named Egolf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,119.

#22,573

rank among US surnames

1,138

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #21,694)

Who is named Egolf

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

97% of people named Egolf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Egolfs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gretchen Egolf
American actress, born 1973
Tristan Egolf
American author and activist (1971–2005)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Egolf

Egloff

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

Questions

How common is the surname Egolf?: 1,138 people in the United States had the surname Egolf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. It ranked 22,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Egolf?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Egolf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Egolf?: Gretchen Egolf, American actress, followed by Tristan Egolf.
Where is the surname Egolf most common?: Wikidata records people named Egolf in the United States.
Is the surname Egolf getting more or less common?: More common. 1,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,138 in 2010, up 1.7%.