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The surname Gengler

A surname, carried by 2,217 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G524

Gengler: #13,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gengler #13,657, 2,217 people Gengler: #13,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gengler #13,657, 2,217 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gengler is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,217 people named Gengler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,263 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,757.

#13,657
rank among US surnames
2,217
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+26.2%
change since 2000 (was #15,350)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,654Victorino2,218139,200
#13,657Gengler2,217139,263
#13,660Fitzgibbon2,216139,326

Who is named Gengler

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

95% of people named Gengler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gengler

Gengler has the Soundex code G524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G524.

Questions

How common is the surname Gengler?
2,217 people in the United States had the surname Gengler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,263 Americans. It ranked 13,657th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gengler?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gengler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gengler getting more or less common?
More common. 1,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,217 in 2010, up 26%.