# Entwistle (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,482 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,596 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 208,330 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.5% (1,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either Old English henn (“hen”) or ened (“duck”) + twisel (“fork; bifurcation”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Entwistle 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Entwistle in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Entwistle

- Peg Entwistle, British actress (1908-1932)
- Harry Entwistle, Australian priest

## Similar surnames

Endicott, Endsley.

## 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.