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

Englander, 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 Englander surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Englander in America

Englander is the 23432nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Englander surname appeared 1,085 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 Englander.

We can also compare 2010 data for Englander 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 Englander

The surname Englander originated in Germany, where it first appeared around the 13th century. It derives from the German words "Engel" meaning angel and "lander" meaning land or territory. The name likely referred to someone who came from the Engelland region or possibly someone who worked as an agricultural laborer on land owned by the church or a monastery.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the town records of Cologne in 1295, where a Heinrich Englander is listed as a landowner. The surname is also found in various Bavarian records from the 1400s, suggesting it may have been more common in southern Germany initially.

By the 16th century, variants like Engellender and Engelender crop up across Germany and Austria. An Engelender family coat of arms, depicting three angel figures, dates back to 1581 in Nuremberg. Around this time, the name began spreading to other parts of Europe as people migrated.

Notable early bearers of the Englander name include Johannes Englander (1522-1596), a Lutheran theologian born in Nuremberg who published works defending the Protestant Reformation. Matthias Englander (1583-1636) was a Catholic priest and scholar who taught at the University of Vienna.

As the name traveled, it sometimes took on different spellings like the French Enguelander or the Dutch Engelander. One Dutch bearer was Willem Engelander (1686-1756), a wealthy Amsterdam merchant involved in trade with the East Indies.

Later examples include Christian Friedrich Engelander (1825-1892), a German-born architect who designed buildings in Milwaukee after emigrating to the United States. And Carl Engelander (1872-1956) was a Swedish operatic tenor who performed leading roles across Europe in the early 1900s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Englander

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

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 Englander 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 Englander 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 Englander was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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