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The surname Englander

A surname, carried by 1,085 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E524

Englander: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Englander #23,432, 1,085 people Englander: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Englander #23,432, 1,085 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Englander is more common than 85.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,085 people named Englander in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 978.

#23,432
rank among US surnames
1,085
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+10.9%
change since 2000 (was #24,061)

Who is named Englander

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

98% of people named Englander identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 98%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • Two or more races 0.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Englanders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Nathan Englander
    American short story writer and novelist, born 1970
  • Israel Englander
    American hedge fund manager, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Englander

Englander 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 Englander?
1,085 people in the United States had the surname Englander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Englander?
In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Englander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Englander?
Nathan Englander, American short story writer and novelist, followed by Israel Englander.
Where is the surname Englander most common?
Wikidata records people named Englander in the United States.
Is the surname Englander getting more or less common?
More common. 978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, up 11%.