# England (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,926 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,174 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,317 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (28,861 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Engelond, England, from Old English Engla land (literally “land of the Angles”), from genitive of Engle (“the Angles”) + land (“land”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named England 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named England in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named England

- Lynndie England, American soldier convicted of war crimes
- Dave England, American stunt performer (born 1969)
- Paul England, Australian racing driver
- Audie England, American actress
- Gordon R. England, American politician
- Ruth England, British actress
- John England, 1st Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina
- Sue England, American actress

## Similar surnames

Englund, English, Engel, Engle, Engler, Engelhardt, Englert, Engels, Englehart, Engelman, Engleman, Engelmann.

## 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.