# Engel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/engel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,933 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,644 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,077 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (21,567 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Engel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Engel in the United States, Germany, the Austrian Empire and Austria.

## People named Engel

- Eliot Engel, American politician (1947 – 2026)
- Georgia Engel, American actress (1948–2019)
- Alexander Engel, actor (1902–1968)
- Johann Christian von Engel, Austrian historian (1770-1814)
- Roy Engel, American actor (1913-1980)
- Joel S. Engel, American engineer
- Morris Engel, American photographer and filmmaker (1918-2005)
- Jules Engel, American filmmaker, painter, sculptor (1909–2003)
- Katrin Engel, Austrian handball player

## Similar surnames

English, England, Engle, Engler, Engelhardt, Englert, Engels, Englund, Englehart, Engelman, Engelbrecht, Engleman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.