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

Engle, 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 Engle surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Engle in America

Engle is the 1866th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Engle surname appeared 19,226 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 people would have the surname Engle.

We can also compare 2010 data for Engle 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 Engle

The surname Engle is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is derived from the Old English word "Engel" or "Angle", referring to a member of the Angle tribe that settled in parts of Britain in the 5th century. The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that migrated from continental Europe and became the ruling class in parts of what is now England, where their name gave rise to the national designation "Angles" or "English".

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Engle can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, a record of landowners in England commissioned by William the Conqueror. Variations of the name such as "Engel", "Engele", and "Engelis" appear in various counties, indicating the widespread presence of individuals associated with the Angle tribe.

One notable early bearer of the name was John Engle (c. 1320 - 1399), an English landowner and member of the gentry from Devonshire. Another was William Engle (c. 1450 - 1518), a merchant and alderman in the city of Bristol, who served as Mayor in 1502.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the surname Engle was often associated with place names derived from the Angle tribe's settlements. For example, Robert Engle (c. 1570 - 1635) was a landowner in the village of Engleton, Staffordshire, a name derived from the Old English "Engelatun" meaning "the Angles' farm or settlement".

In the 18th century, the Engle surname gained prominence through individuals such as Samuel Engle (1716 - 1804), a prominent businessman and philanthropist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who played a role in the American Revolutionary War. Another notable figure was John Engle (1758 - 1836), a British naval officer who served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

In the 19th century, the Engle name was associated with several literary and artistic figures, including the British painter and illustrator Edward Engle (1810 - 1887) and the American poet and editor Paul Engle (1908 - 1991), who founded the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Engle

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

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

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