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

Enterline, 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 Enterline surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Enterline in America

Enterline is the 28679th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Enterline surname appeared 831 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 Enterline.

We can also compare 2010 data for Enterline 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 Enterline

The surname Enterline is of German origin, tracing its roots back to the 16th century in the region of Saxony. It is believed to have derived from the Old German word "ein-tuer", which means "one door" or "entrance". This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near a single entrance or gate to a town or village.

One of the earliest documented references to the Enterline surname can be found in the parish records of the town of Plauen, Saxony, dating back to the late 1500s. These records mention several individuals with variations of the spelling, such as Eynterlein and Eynterlin.

In the 17th century, the name Enterline began to spread beyond Saxony as families migrated to other parts of Germany and neighboring regions. By the late 1600s, there are records of Enterlines living in the Palatinate region of modern-day southwestern Germany.

One notable individual from this time period was Johannes Enterline, born in 1652 in the village of Niederbronn, Palatinate. He was a skilled blacksmith and is mentioned in local records for his work on various projects in the region.

As the Enterline family continued to spread throughout Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, some members eventually made their way to North America as part of the larger German immigration to the United States and Canada. One of the earliest documented Enterlines in the New World was Johann Heinrich Enterline, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1749 from the Palatinate region.

Another significant figure with the Enterline surname was Friedrich Wilhelm Enterline, born in 1816 in the town of Hanau, near Frankfurt. He was a respected educator and author, publishing several textbooks on mathematics and science that were widely used in German schools during the mid-19th century.

Among the other notable Enterlines throughout history are:

1. Gottfried Enterline (1775-1842), a German theologian and professor at the University of Leipzig.
2. Anna Maria Enterline (1803-1887), a pioneering woman in the field of nursing in the German state of Baden.
3. Wilhelm Enterline (1867-1941), a German-American inventor and entrepreneur who patented several innovations in the field of agricultural machinery.
4. Otto Enterline (1892-1968), a German-American artist known for his landscape paintings depicting scenes from the American Southwest.
5. Elise Enterline (1919-2008), a renowned German-American concert pianist and music educator who taught at several prestigious universities in the United States.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Enterline

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

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

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