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    The surname Engelbrecht

    A surname, carried by 2,273 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E524

    Engelbrecht: #13,407 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Engelbrecht #13,407, 2,273 people Engelbrecht: #13,407 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Engelbrecht #13,407, 2,273 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Engelbrecht is more common than 91.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,273 people named Engelbrecht in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,832 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,205.

    #13,407
    rank among US surnames
    2,273
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,811)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,407Brendel2,273135,832
    #13,413Weingarten2,272135,892

    Who is named Engelbrecht

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

    95% of people named Engelbrecht identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Engelbrecht

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Engelbrecht?
    2,273 people in the United States had the surname Engelbrecht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,832 Americans. It ranked 13,407th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Engelbrecht?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Engelbrecht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Engelbrecht getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,273 in 2010, up 3.1%.