How common is the surname England?

29,926 people in the United States had the surname England in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,317 Americans. It ranked 1,174th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named England?

Lynndie England, American soldier convicted of war crimes, followed by Dave England.

Where is the surname England most common?

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

How do you pronounce England?

England is /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname England getting more or less common?

More common. 28,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,926 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname England

An English place surname, carried by 29,926 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/ 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). England is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

England is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,926 people named England in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,317 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,861.

#1,174

rank among US surnames

29,926

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,113)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,165	Franks	30,155	10,239
#1,166	Guillen	30,153	10,239
#1,168	Ratliff	30,083	10,263
#1,169	Sweet	30,051	10,274
#1,170	Talley	30,014	10,287
#1,171	Whitfield	29,962	10,305
#1,172	Crowe	29,953	10,308

Who is named England

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

89% of people named England identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Englands

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lynndie England
American soldier convicted of war crimes, born 1982
Dave England
American stunt performer (born 1969)
Paul England
Australian racing driver, 1929–2014
Audie England
American actress, born 1967
Gordon R. England
American politician, born 1937
Ruth England
British actress, born 1970
John England
1st Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, 1786–1842
Sue England
American actress, 1928–2018

Notable Englands come mostly from the United States (6), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like England

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname England come from?: From Middle English Engelond, England, from Old English Engla land (literally “land of the Angles”), from genitive of Engle (“the Angles”) + land (“land”).
How common is the surname England?: 29,926 people in the United States had the surname England in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,317 Americans. It ranked 1,174th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname England?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named England identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named England?: Lynndie England, American soldier convicted of war crimes, followed by Dave England.
Where is the surname England most common?: Wikidata records people named England in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce England?: England is /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is England?: England is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname England getting more or less common?: More common. 28,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,926 in 2010, up 3.7%.