Find out how popular the last name Engelsman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Engelsman.

Engelsman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Engelsman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Engelsman in America

Engelsman is the 53204th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Engelsman surname appeared 389 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Engelsman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Engelsman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Engelsman

The surname Engelsman is of Dutch origin, derived from the Middle Dutch words "engelsch" and "man," which together mean "Englishman." It likely emerged in the late medieval period as a descriptive surname given to someone of English descent living in the Low Countries.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname can be found in the 1384 census records of the city of Haarlem, where a certain Jacob Engelsman is listed as a resident. This suggests that the name was already in use by the 14th century, at least in the region that is now the Netherlands.

In the 15th century, a merchant named Jan Engelsman is recorded in the archives of the city of Antwerp, indicating that the name had spread to what is now Belgium by that time. The Engelsman family appears to have been prominent traders and merchants in the Low Countries during this period.

By the 16th century, the surname had become more widely dispersed across the Netherlands and neighboring regions. In 1573, a Dutch philosopher and theologian named Engelbert Engelsman was born in the city of Groningen. He later became a professor at the University of Leiden and published several influential works on logic and metaphysics.

Another notable figure with the surname was Pieter Engelsman, a Dutch painter born in 1647 in Rotterdam. He was a master of still-life paintings and is considered one of the leading artists of the Dutch Golden Age.

In the 18th century, a Dutch explorer and navigator named Jacob Engelsman was born in Amsterdam in 1726. He led several voyages to the East Indies and is credited with mapping parts of the Indonesian archipelago.

The surname also made its way to South Africa, where a prominent Afrikaner family named Engelsman can trace its roots back to the 17th century. One of their ancestors, Johannes Engelsman, was a soldier in the Dutch East India Company who settled in the Cape Colony in the late 1600s.

Over time, the surname has evolved and taken on various spellings, such as Engelman, Engelsmann, and Engelmans. However, Engelsman remains the most common form, particularly in the Netherlands and South Africa.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Engelsman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Engelsman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Engelsman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Engelsman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Engelsman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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