The Egal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 391 people carried this name — #52,970 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 68% from 233 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Egal.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
134 people named Egal are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Egal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fabienne Égal 1954– · television presenter
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Auriane Egal 1991– · astronomer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Egal.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Egal is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.