# Englund (surname)

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

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,933 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,860 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,266 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (2,815 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Englund, from äng (“meadow”) + lund (“grove”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Englund 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Englund in the United States.

## People named Englund

- Robert Englund, American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director
- Nita Englund, American ski jumper
- George Englund, American film director (1926-2017)
- Gene Englund, American basketball player (1917–1995)

## Similar surnames

England, English, Engel, Engle, Engler, Englert, Engels, Engelman, Engleman, Engelmann, Engles, Englander.

## 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.