The Engel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 21,567 people carried this name — #1,530 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,970 people named Engel.
144 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
1,915 people named Engel live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
728 people named Engel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,062 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 63 people named Engel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Engel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Engel 1463–1512 · astronomer -
Johann Jakob Engel 1741–1802 · writer -
Carl Ludvig Engel 1778–1840 · architect -
József Engel 1815–1901 · sculptor -
Adolf Engel de Jánosi 1820–1903 · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 118 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Engel.
- End 244 · U.S. census
- Enderle 1,703 · U.S. census
- Enderlin 318 · U.S. census
- Endres 4,911 · U.S. census
- Eng 10,102 · U.S. census
- Engasser 156 · U.S. census
- Engelbert 676 · U.S. census
- Engeldinger 260 · U.S. census
- Engelen 187 · U.S. census
- Engelhard 724 · U.S. census
- Engelhardt 4,821 · U.S. census
- Engelmann 1,539 · U.S. census
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