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    The surname Engelke

    A surname, carried by 1,578 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E524

    Engelke: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Engelke #17,752, 1,578 people Engelke: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Engelke #17,752, 1,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Engelke is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,578 people named Engelke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,546.

    #17,752
    rank among US surnames
    1,578
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,960)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,745Zacher1,579195,532
    #17,752Deo1,578195,656

    Who is named Engelke

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

    95% of people named Engelke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Engelke

    Engelke 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 Engelke?
    1,578 people in the United States had the surname Engelke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Engelke?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Engelke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Engelke getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 2.1%.