Angel Surname

3,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179,476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Angel Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Angel'; in later days Angela and Angelina. For the full history of this once-popular name, v. Yonge. The Puritans could not oust this name, though bitterly hated by them.

1645.

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Angel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico47,9321:2,590373
Colombia27,1671:1,759342
United States25,3261:14,3121,793
Venezuela7,8911:3,828535
Philippines6,5341:15,4941,725
El Salvador5,9301:1,070211
Spain5,2501:8,9051,056
Chile4,5181:3,899557
Egypt4,3021:21,3702,472
Myanmar4,2131:12,328316
Argentina3,6231:11,7981,093
Israel3,4421:2,486309
Bangladesh3,3341:47,7972,658
England2,6271:21,2102,990
Ecuador2,4671:6,4471,065
Morocco2,3861:14,4492,134
Australia2,2211:12,1551,773
India2,1751:352,67419,238
Guatemala1,9941:8,066968
Ghana1,6631:16,2482,082
France1,3341:49,7926,497
Peru1,1751:27,0502,873
Sri Lanka1,1691:17,8002,457
Canada1,1311:32,5784,225
Germany6461:124,62115,213
Nigeria6311:280,73315,864
Indonesia5341:247,65822,654
Dominican Republic5161:20,2191,339
Kenya3921:117,8069,903
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Syria3311:58,3112,807
DR Congo3281:225,24321,937
Cuba3261:35,3461,684
Brazil3171:675,31324,923
Poland3151:120,66317,968
South Africa2581:209,99122,252
Sweden2431:40,5223,232
Wales2261:13,6931,500
Taiwan2251:104,1991,003
Netherlands2201:76,76012,983
Panama2181:17,9461,259
Portugal2171:48,0102,732
Uganda1661:235,17617,864
Italy1631:375,19443,278
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Hungary1461:67,2356,917
Austria1341:63,5489,853
Guyana1331:5,731993
Bahrain1321:10,2171,962
Jamaica1241:23,1451,921
Norway1191:43,2126,186
Denmark1181:47,8374,950
Oman1101:33,5272,360
Nicaragua1091:55,2391,479
Thailand931:759,552124,340
Malaysia861:342,95618,348
New Zealand811:55,9058,836
Scotland761:70,4455,436
Iraq731:479,7498,022
Honduras671:131,5891,884
Greece661:167,87627,244
Suriname641:8,6352,172
Pakistan581:3,080,06724,706
Papua New Guinea521:156,80221,647
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Paraguay441:164,4723,287
Switzerland441:186,65716,684
Belgium401:287,41633,962
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Tunisia371:16,5032,651
Ireland331:142,6956,688
Romania321:627,43344,366
Puerto Rico311:114,5211,694
Japan301:4,261,47637,285
Guam291:5,521755
Northern Ireland251:73,8015,249
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
Hong Kong221:333,4313,127
Uruguay221:155,98913,535
Slovenia201:124,38412,684
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Northern Mariana Islands191:2,873305
Trinidad and Tobago191:71,7885,445
Bolivia171:624,4964,427
Croatia171:248,74126,882
Lebanon171:331,59310,584
Vietnam171:5,449,7682,445
Turkey161:4,863,839107,230
Tanzania151:3,529,44150,903
Costa Rica141:341,4343,425
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
China131:105,178,5825,529
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Algeria121:3,219,29645,820
Cayman Islands121:5,324754
Afghanistan111:2,923,01717,932
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Albania101:291,40615,585
Barbados91:31,9391,516
Libya91:693,7751,982
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Cambodia81:1,935,8937,100
South Korea81:6,405,0321,091
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Iceland61:63,3484,218
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Curaçao41:39,312638
Fiji41:223,5982,635
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Lithuania31:1,011,52932,308
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Marshall Islands21:25,9101,967
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Macau11:601,6301,582
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1311:21,5523,048
Wales1001:15,684932
Scotland241:155,9676,425
Guernsey141:2,333390
Jersey71:7,4121,296
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9951:16,7682,139

The alternate forms: Ángel (295), Àngel (8), Angél (3), Angèl (2), Ängel (1), Ângel (1), Ãngel (1), Angël (1), Àngél (1), Aňgệl (1), Àngèl (1), Ängël (1), Âñgél (1) & Ąñgël (1) are calculated separately.

Angel (2,638,747) may also be a first name.

Angel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Angel'; in later days Angela and Angelina. For the full history of this once-popular name, v. Yonge. The Puritans could not oust this name, though bitterly hated by them.

1645. Buried — Angela Boyce: Canterbury Cathedral.

1682. Baptised — Angel, d. Sir Nicholas Butler, Knt.: St. Helen's, Bishopgate.

'Weymouth, March 20, 1625. Embarked for New England, Angell Holland, aged 21 years': Hotten's Emigrants.

(a) Local, 'at the Angle'; v. Angle. Most probably the source of the majority of our Angels and Angells. The font-name was unknown in England, so far as I can discover, in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Robert Angel, 7 James I, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1578. Michael Angell, Gloucestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1618-9. John Angell and Anne Palmer: Marriage Lic. (London).

1667. Robert Mellish and Frances Angell: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1751. Married — James Angel and Ann Lownds: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin-Greek) 1 Angel, Messenger. [Old French angele, Latin angel­us (whence Old English engel, angel), Greek αγγελ-ος messenger].

Angelos first became a name in the By­zantine Empire. It probably began as an epithet, since it comes to light in the per­son of Konstantinos Angelos, a young man of a noble family of Philadelphia, whose personal beauty caused him, about the year 1100, to become the choice of the Princess Theodora Komnena. It is thus highly probable that Angelos was first bestowed as a surname on account of the beauty of the family . . . Angel was most often a man’s name in England. We find it at Hadleigh, Suffolk, in 1591; and sometimes in Cornwall.

Yonge, Hist. Christ. Names (1884), pp. 52-3.

2 Confused with Angle, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who acted as a religious messenger or as a messenger from God; a nickname for an angelic person; descendant of Angel, a man's name in England; variants of Angle, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From the Danish, from the Dutch, personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Angel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Angel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Angel (Arabic: لانجيل, Bengali: এঞ্জেল, Georgian: ანგელ, Hindi: एंजेल, Marathi: अंगेल, Oriya: ଅେ) is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Ángel, Àngel, Angél, Angèl, Ängel, Ângel, Ãngel, Angël, Àngél, Aňgệl, Àngèl, Ängël, Âñgél or Ąñgël. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Angel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,133rd most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 40,605 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Angel live; 37 percent live in North America and 27 percent live in Hispano-North America. Angel is also the 203rd most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 2,638,747 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is borne by 47,932 people, or 1 in 2,590. In Mexico Angel is mostly concentrated in: Jalisco, where 12 percent are found, Michoacán, where 11 percent are found and Chiapas, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Mexico Angel occurs in 170 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Angel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Angel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Angel last name grew 846 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 232 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 226 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 317 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 275 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Angel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland, Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Maronite (43%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Angel last name are 8.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.21% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Angel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.48% more than the national average, earning 420,434 kr per year; in Peru they earn 26.62% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,224 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.43% more than the national average, earning R 338,460 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $27,731,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.27% less than the national average, earning $40,013 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.86% less than the national average, earning $47,766 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ángel93295/
Àngel938/
Angél933/
Angèl932/
Ängel931/
Ângel931/
Ãngel931/
Angël931/
Anghel9151,810/
Angell9116,526/
Gangel91808/
Angiel91392/
Hangel91339/
Anguel91136/
Anggel9174/
Angelė9152/
Aangel9123/
Angeld9116/
Aingel9110/
Aengel915/
Andgel912/
Angnel912/
Angelt911/
Angelh911/
Antgel911/
Eangel910/
Aungel910/
Agel891,825/
Angl89344/
Àngél871/
Aňgệl871/
Àngèl871/
Ängël871/
Gangell83348/
Hangiel83115/
Haengel8346/
Aingell8315/
D'angel8314/
Gangiel833/
Hanguel833/
Angnell832/
Hangell832/
Ganggel831/
Asingel831/
Angelbp831/
Anghell831/
Aangell830/
Angeell830/
Engel80131,176/
Hagel809,100/
Ansel807,702/
Ancel806,241/
Anele805,144/
Gangl805,033/
Ageel803,668/
Öngel803,270/
Aniel802,559/
Gagel801,656/
Agnel801,097/
Anjel80851/
Hangl80691/
Anzel80569/
Anhel80500/
Aguel80474/
Angil80454/
Ongel80442/
Agell80414/
Anžel80336/
Augel80158/
Aghel80121/
Aygel8091/
Eagel8082/
Aneal8064/
Anyel8061/
Agael8045/
Angül8045/
Agiel8032/
Aagel8017/
Anxel8016/
Aigel8014/
Akgel8011/
Aneil8010/
Amgel806/
Ajgel806/
Aşgel806/
Aggel802/
Agelt802/
Angyl801/
Anelh801/
Asgel801/
Âñgél801/
Ąñgël801/
Anetl801/
Anßel801/
Eangl800/
Angll800/
Angelová7724/
Hangeiol777/
Ahngnell775/
Angelowa774/
D'Angell771/
Gaingell770/
Agl75229/
Ansell7314,252/
Hansel7310,415/
Hanzel733,772/
Hengel731,888/
Ancell731,760/
Hangül731,738/
Haniel731,488/
Agniel731,163/
Engell731,052/
Gansel731,028/
Ganzel73893/
Gancel73788/
Gaugel73344/
Anchel73324/
Gangil73269/
Hagell73258/
Aniele73230/
Engiel73229/
Anshel73202/
Hancel73199/
Aneeel73162/
Hanžel73160/
Ganiel73151/
Aignel73151/
Andjel73140/
Anglet73137/
Anjele73115/
Anelle7388/
Anggil7377/
Anzell7375/
Ansiel7375/
Anguil7374/
Enggel7372/
Agnell7366/
Hagiel7365/
Haguel7364/
Anseel7353/
Haghel7350/
Hangil7350/
Angail7349/
Hagoel7344/
Eingel7344/
Aguell7344/
Ansehl7342/
Haneul7342/
Anniel7339/
Ankhel7337/
Heagel7331/
Anzhel7330/
Anhell7326/
Atniel7324/
Annele7324/
Ahnsel7324/
Akguel7323/
Hongel7322/
Anjeel7322/
Eagell7321/
Aneale7314/
Hanjel7313/
Ainele7313/
Auniel7312/
Gongel7312/
Haygel7312/
Gaygel7311/
Haingl7311/
Gaigel7311/
Angoil7311/
Ayguel7311/
Eangil7311/
Aguelt7310/
Anghil739/
Anelhe738/
Angill737/
Ongell737/
Anyell736/
Haugel736/
Hanhel736/
Haagel735/
A'Neal734/
Anjell734/
Ongiel734/
Agguel734/
Hajgel734/
Haigel734/
Augell733/
Anetil733/
Hanggl733/
Ansael733/
Aneele733/
Anssel733/
Amneal732/
Haggel732/
Agneil732/
Anicel732/
Aniell732/
Ansuel732/
Anzael732/
Asniel732/
Ganeal732/
Anisel732/
Engelø732/
Anyiel732/
Amniel732/
Hagael732/
Eaniel731/
Eanzel731/
Ganhel731/
Aagael731/
Ahncel731/
Aigele731/
Anitel731/
Anneal731/
Aneeil731/
Anzeel731/
Aghell731/
Anguul731/
Aanele731/
Aneile731/
Anetel731/
Anggli731/
Hángel731/
Oengel731/
Hanżel731/
Aiguel731/
Aingil731/
Ahghel731/
Agueel731/
Anheil731/
Angieł731/
Anesil731/
Akgoel731/
Aangil731/
Atneil731/
Asguel731/
Aygele731/
Anziel731/
Anszel731/
Ageell731/
Agiell731/
Haneil731/
Haneal731/
Anesel731/
Ayniel731/
Gaggel731/
Agneld731/
Anhele731/
Anjelh731/
Anaael731/
Aneejl731/
Aneelh731/
Amnyel731/
Ancelt730/
Anncel730/
Aansel730/
Gagell730/
Aneill730/
Eengel730/
Angeelova711/
Engl676,987/
Agil675,894/
Hansell674,673/
Hagl672,619/
Hauguel671,877/
Gauggel67557/
Ogel67354/
Anichel67338/
Hongell67312/
Agül67187/
Hanhele67156/
Aghl67127/
Hagnell6793/
Augl6784/
Anchell6780/
Hanscel6771/
Anschel6767/
Ahnsehl6764/
Osingel6764/
Hanniel6757/
Anshell6755/
Hajncel6754/
Gansell6752/
Annelle6752/
Gauniel6744/
Hanssel6742/
Hainsel6741/
Ganzell6737/
Anle6737/
Hanitel6737/
Hagniel6736/
Anielle6730/
Ajgl6730/
Gagl6730/
Anguill6729/
Ógel6726/
Agelová6725/
Ocengel6724/
Hainzel6723/
Heagele6722/
Hancell6718/
Athniel6715/
Agelova6715/
Anghill6714/
Anehäll6714/
Ansl6712/
Ganchel6712/
Asingil6712/
Andzhel6711/
Athneil6710/
Hanjele6710/
Haneeel6710/
Hannele679/
Eagl679/
Hanchel679/
Anehill679/
Açingil679/
Anelova678/
Agyl678/
D'Agnel677/
Aigl677/
Otengel677/
Hajgiel677/
Anglova676/
Ainyele676/
Anglett676/
Gajgiel676/
Heansel675/
Hanshel675/
Agnelle675/
Anechil675/
Ágel675/
Aglì675/
Andjell675/
Anjeelh675/
Andziel674/
Agll674/
Haniell674/
Attniel674/
Anselll674/
Anzl674/
Aagl674/
Hanzell673/
Anniell673/
Anjelle673/
Hanelle673/
Anniele673/
Ahgl673/
Anseldt672/
Agneill672/
Hanseul672/
Angguil672/
Anglesh672/
Gaggell672/
Handjel672/
Agniele672/
Anssell671/
D'Angelová671/
Gaugeel671/
Gaugell671/
Hanzeld671/
Hamniel671/
Hancelt671/
Hanseld671/
Gongell671/
Anhl671/
Anchiel671/
Anittel671/
Ansield671/
Ganniel671/
Ahanele671/
Anchele671/
Aningil671/
Ahaghel671/
Haniele671/
Haynesl671/
Haughel671/
Ongl671/
Otingel671/
Osengel671/
Ángl671/
Hanszel671/
Handżel671/
Ahnsell671/
Agíl671/
Agıl671/
Andrzel671/
Anglowa671/
Anchelt671/
D'Engel671/
Athneal671/
Asinsel671/
Haiguel671/
Ongnele671/
Aggl671/
Anxl671/
Anzeelh671/
Amgl671/
Hannyel671/
Hanzhel671/
Haygelt670/
Hengell670/
Hannsel670/
Auggell670/
Achgell670/
Heingel670/
Gangill670/
Haunsel670/
Hanneal670/
Haggelt670/
Ainsell670/
Hahneal670/

Angel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Angel in the Georgian language
ანგელangel-
Angel in the Oriya language
ଅେae-
Angel in the Marathi language
अंगेलangela52.94
अंजेलanjela23.53
अंगलangala8.82
आंजेलanjela8.82
अन्गेलan'gela2.94
गांगुलीganguli2.94
Angel in the Bengali language
এঞ্জেলenjela50
এনজেলenajela50
Angel in the Hindi language
एंजेलenjela50
एन्जेलenjela25
अंगेलangela25
Angel in the Arabic language
لانجيلlanjyl-
آنجلanjl-
أنجلanjl-
أنجيلanjyl-
انجلanjl-
انجيلanjyl-

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