How common is the surname Engle?

19,226 people in the United States had the surname Engle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,059 Americans. It ranked 1,866th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Engle?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Engle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Engle?

Robert F. Engle, American economist and Nobel laureate (born 1942), followed by Joe Engle.

Where is the surname Engle most common?

Wikidata records people named Engle in the United States.

Is the surname Engle getting more or less common?

More common. 19,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,226 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Engle

A surname, carried by 19,226 people in the United States.

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). Engle is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 19,226 people named Engle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,059 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,022.

#1,866

rank among US surnames

19,226

people in 2010

6.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,727)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,857	Paulson	19,331	15,972
#1,858	Eddy	19,321	15,980
#1,859	Rock	19,313	15,986
#1,860	Roland	19,311	15,988
#1,861	Aranda	19,298	15,999
#1,862	McCracken	19,287	16,008
#1,863	Hyatt	19,280	16,014

Who is named Engle

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

94% of people named Engle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Engles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert F. Engle
American economist and Nobel laureate (born 1942)
Joe Engle
American astronaut (1932-2024)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Engle

Engle 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 Engle?: 19,226 people in the United States had the surname Engle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,059 Americans. It ranked 1,866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Engle?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Engle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Engle?: Robert F. Engle, American economist and Nobel laureate (born 1942), followed by Joe Engle.
Where is the surname Engle most common?: Wikidata records people named Engle in the United States.
Is the surname Engle getting more or less common?: More common. 19,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,226 in 2010, up 1.1%.