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

Englund, 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 Englund surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Englund in America

Englund is the 10860th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Englund surname appeared 2,933 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Englund.

We can also compare 2010 data for Englund 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 Englund

The surname Englund has its origins in Sweden, where it first appeared in the 16th century. The name is derived from the Old Swedish words "eng" meaning meadow and "lund" meaning grove, suggesting that the name originated from a place name referring to a meadow with a grove of trees.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Englund can be found in the Swedish church records of Värmland County from the late 16th century. These records document the presence of individuals bearing the surname Englund in the region during that time period.

In the 17th century, the name Englund appears in various historical documents, including tax records and land registers, indicating that individuals with this surname had established themselves as landowners or farmers in rural areas of Sweden.

Notable historical figures with the surname Englund include Johan Englund (1615-1692), a Swedish military officer who served in the Thirty Years' War, and Carl Englund (1762-1823), a Swedish politician and member of the Swedish Riksdag (parliament).

Another prominent individual was Gunnar Englund (1909-2003), a Swedish archaeologist and professor who made significant contributions to the study of Scandinavian prehistory. His work on the Viking Age and Iron Age settlements in Sweden gained international recognition.

In the 19th century, the surname Englund began to spread beyond Sweden as individuals emigrated to other parts of the world, particularly to North America. One such example is Nels Englund (1834-1916), a Swedish-American pioneer who settled in Minnesota, United States, and became a prominent farmer and landowner in the region.

As the surname Englund traveled with Swedish immigrants, it underwent some variations in spelling, including Englander and Engblom, which were adaptations or translations of the original Swedish name to suit different linguistic contexts.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Englund

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

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

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