How common is the surname Enlow?

2,936 people in the United States had the surname Enlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,159 Americans. It ranked 10,847th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Enlow getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,936 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Enlow

A surname, carried by 2,936 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Enlow is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Probably a variant of Enslow.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,936 people named Enlow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,159 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,998.

#10,847

rank among US surnames

2,936

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,930)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,844	Fedor	2,937	105,123
#10,847	Enlow	2,936	105,159
#10,851	Henriksen	2,935	105,194

Who is named Enlow

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

89% of people named Enlow identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Enlow

Enloe

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

Questions

Where does the surname Enlow come from?: Probably a variant of Enslow.
How common is the surname Enlow?: 2,936 people in the United States had the surname Enlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,159 Americans. It ranked 10,847th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Enlow?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Enlow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Enlow getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,936 in 2010, down 2.1%.