How common is the surname Engel?

21,933 people in the United States had the surname Engel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,077 Americans. It ranked 1,644th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Engel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Engel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Engel?

Eliot Engel, American politician (1947 – 2026), followed by Georgia Engel.

Where is the surname Engel most common?

Wikidata records people named Engel in the United States, Germany and the Austrian Empire and 1 other country.

Is the surname Engel getting more or less common?

More common. 21,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,933 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Engel

A German surname, carried by 21,933 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Engel is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 21,933 people named Engel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,077 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,567.

#1,644

rank among US surnames

21,933

people in 2010

7.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,635	Dodge	22,035	14,012
#1,637	Lujan	22,021	14,021
#1,638	Babcock	22,016	14,024
#1,639	Hand	22,006	14,030
#1,640	Winkler	21,993	14,038
#1,641	Painter	21,969	14,054
#1,642	Regan	21,951	14,065

Who is named Engel

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

95% of people named Engel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Engels

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1936
Morris Engel
American photographer and filmmaker (1918-2005)
Jules Engel
American filmmaker, painter, sculptor (1909–2003)
Katrin Engel
Austrian handball player, born 1984

Notable Engels come mostly from the United States (6), Germany (1) and the Austrian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Engel

Engel has the Soundex code E524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E524.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Engel come from?: Engel is German in origin.
How common is the surname Engel?: 21,933 people in the United States had the surname Engel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,077 Americans. It ranked 1,644th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Engel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Engel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Engel?: Eliot Engel, American politician (1947 – 2026), followed by Georgia Engel.
Where is the surname Engel most common?: Wikidata records people named Engel in the United States, Germany and the Austrian Empire and 1 other country.
Is the surname Engel getting more or less common?: More common. 21,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,933 in 2010, up 1.7%.