Engelen surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Engelen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 229 people carried this name — #82,317 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 22% from 187 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 3,128 people named Engelen 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 Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 1,348
Limburg 1,275
Flemish Brabant 305
Liège 70
East Flanders 57
Brussels-Capital 32
West Flanders 15
Walloon Brabant 11

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Engelen.

20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 20
Seine-Maritime 13
Nord 11
Bas-Rhin 8
Charente-Maritime 5
Seine-et-Marne 3
Aube 3
Marne 2
Paris 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Engelen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Engelen
    Henry Engelen 1867–1935 · opera singer
  • Catharina Dorothea Sewing
    Catharina Dorothea Sewing 1868–1961 · opera singer
  • Daniël Engelen 1791–1857 · politician
  • Adriaan Walraven Engelen 1804–1890 · judge
  • D. O. Engelen 1844–1915 · judge
  • Paul Engelen 1876– · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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