The Egloff surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 757 people carried this name — #30,767 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 721 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Egloff surname
German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the old Germanic name *Egilolf, from *aggju (“edge of a sword”) + *wulf (“wolf”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Egloff» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,611 people named Egloff live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 407 people named Egloff.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Egloff live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Tucumán.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Egloff,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luise Egloff 1802–1834 · writer -
Johann Konrad Egloff 1808–1886 · politician -
Franz Carl Egloff 1645–1725 · politician
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Franz Carl Anton Egloff 1679–1741 · physician
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Franz Caspar Benedikt Egloff 1715–1797 · university teacher
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Sophie Egloff 1790–1823 · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Egloff.
When the index is not enough
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