How common is the surname Engen?

2,406 people in the United States had the surname Engen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. It ranked 12,817th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Engen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Engen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Engen?

Whitney Engen, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Engen most common?

Wikidata records people named Engen in the United States.

Is the surname Engen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,406 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Engen

A surname, carried by 2,406 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Engen is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,406 people named Engen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,237.

#12,817

rank among US surnames

2,406

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,682)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,812	Benard	2,407	128,270
#12,817	Carew	2,406	128,323
#12,821	Brugger	2,405	128,377
#12,825	Grays	2,404	128,430

Who is named Engen

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

95% of people named Engen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Engens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Whitney Engen
American soccer player, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Engen

Engman

Engen has the Soundex code E525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E525.

Questions

How common is the surname Engen?: 2,406 people in the United States had the surname Engen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. It ranked 12,817th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Engen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Engen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Engen?: Whitney Engen, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Engen most common?: Wikidata records people named Engen in the United States.
Is the surname Engen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,406 in 2010, up 7.6%.