The Engels surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,213 people carried this name — #10,026 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 91,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,030 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,829 people named Engels 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 East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 317 people named Engels.
52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Nord.
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
112 people named Engels live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Engels 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
44 people named Engels is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Engels in American newspapers,
1918–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 133,884 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Engels,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Caspar Engels 1753–1821 · entrepreneur -
Johann Engels d. 1916 · navy sailor
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Gabriel Engels 1592–1654 · painter
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Maria Engels 1612–1654
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Bartholomeus Engels 1636–1702 · painter
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Ernestine Engels 1785–1845 · stage actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Engels.
- Engelbert 710 · U.S. census
- Engeldinger 276 · U.S. census
- Engelen 229 · U.S. census
- Engelhard 765 · U.S. census
- Engelhardt 4,924 · U.S. census
- Engelmann 1,707 · U.S. census
- Enger 2,552 · U.S. census
- Englebert 819 · U.S. census
- Engler 6,194 · U.S. census
- Engles 1,357 · U.S. census
- Ennesser 101 · U.S. census
- Enos 8,097 · U.S. census
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