How common is the surname Engram?

1,896 people in the United States had the surname Engram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. It ranked 15,449th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Engram?

Evan Engram, American football player (born 1994).

Where is the surname Engram most common?

Wikidata records people named Engram in the United States.

Is the surname Engram getting more or less common?

More common. 1,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,896 in 2010, up 5.5%.

Is Engram also a first name?

Yes. Engram is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Engram

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,896 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Engram is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the given name, a rare variant of Ingram.

Engram is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,896 people named Engram in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,798.

#15,449

rank among US surnames

1,896

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,052)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,442	Mealey	1,897	162,755
#15,449	Ivester	1,896	162,840
#15,456	Cadwallader	1,895	162,926

Who is named Engram

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

72% of people named Engram identified as Black (not Hispanic), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 72%
White (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Engrams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Evan Engram
American football player (born 1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Engram

Enger

Engram has the Soundex code E526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E526.

Questions

How common is the surname Engram?: 1,896 people in the United States had the surname Engram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,840 Americans. It ranked 15,449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Engram?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Engram identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Engram?: Evan Engram, American football player (born 1994).
Where is the surname Engram most common?: Wikidata records people named Engram in the United States.
What type of surname is Engram?: Engram is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Engram getting more or less common?: More common. 1,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,896 in 2010, up 5.5%.
Is Engram also a first name?: Yes. Engram is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.