How common is the surname Englund?

2,933 people in the United States had the surname Englund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Englund?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Englund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Englund?

Robert Englund, American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director, followed by Nita Englund.

Where is the surname Englund most common?

Wikidata records people named Englund in the United States.

Is the surname Englund getting more or less common?

More common. 2,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Englund

A Swedish surname, carried by 2,933 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). Englund is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

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

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,933 people named Englund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,815.

#10,860

rank among US surnames

2,933

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,470)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,851	Henriksen	2,935	105,194
#10,857	Munday	2,934	105,230
#10,860	Messmer	2,933	105,266
#10,866	Owsley	2,932	105,302

Who is named Englund

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

95% of people named Englund identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Englunds

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Englund
American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director, born 1947
Nita Englund
American ski jumper, born 1992
George Englund
American film director (1926-2017)
Gene Englund
American basketball player (1917–1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Englund

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

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Englund come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Englund, from äng (“meadow”) + lund (“grove”).
How common is the surname Englund?: 2,933 people in the United States had the surname Englund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,266 Americans. It ranked 10,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Englund?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Englund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Englund?: Robert Englund, American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director, followed by Nita Englund.
Where is the surname Englund most common?: Wikidata records people named Englund in the United States.
Is the surname Englund getting more or less common?: More common. 2,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,933 in 2010, up 4.2%.