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The surname Enloe

A surname, carried by 2,778 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E540

Enloe: #11,355 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Enloe #11,355, 2,778 people Enloe: #11,355 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Enloe #11,355, 2,778 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Enloe is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,778 people named Enloe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,831.

#11,355
rank among US surnames
2,778
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
-1.9%
change since 2000 (was #10,426)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,348Aubuchon2,780111,060
#11,354Carmon2,779111,100
#11,355Summer2,778111,140
#11,362Roussel2,777111,180

Who is named Enloe

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

92% of people named Enloe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Enloes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Cynthia Enloe
    American feminist writer, theorist, and professor, born 1938

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Enloe

Enloe has the Soundex code E540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E540.

Questions

How common is the surname Enloe?
2,778 people in the United States had the surname Enloe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,140 Americans. It ranked 11,355th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Enloe?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Enloe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Enloe?
Cynthia Enloe, American feminist writer, theorist, and professor.
Where is the surname Enloe most common?
Wikidata records people named Enloe in the United States.
Is the surname Enloe getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,831 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,778 in 2010, down 1.9%.