Eagle Surname
Approximately 22,915 people bear this surname
Eagle Surname Definition:
There was a Norman family of L'Aigle. Matilda de Aquila, 1129, widow of Robert Mowbray, earl of Northumberland. (2) The name seems also to have been a signname, Gilbert de la Hegle being recorded in Sussex, 1273 (Bardsley). Alexander Eagell sometime at Halkhead, 1712 (RUG.
Read More About This SurnameEagle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,913 | 1:30,425 | 3,789 |
| England | 3,248 | 1:17,155 | 2,474 |
| Australia | 1,822 | 1:14,817 | 2,103 |
| Egypt | 1,373 | 1:66,960 | 6,238 |
| Canada | 901 | 1:40,894 | 5,098 |
| New Zealand | 701 | 1:6,460 | 1,081 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| South Africa | 178 | 1:304,369 | 29,195 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Wales | 149 | 1:20,769 | 2,207 |
| China | 108 | 1:12,660,385 | 764 |
| India | 102 | 1:7,520,249 | 162,050 |
| Afghanistan | 98 | 1:328,094 | 5,053 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Scotland | 50 | 1:107,076 | 7,147 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Ireland | 44 | 1:107,021 | 5,562 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| Northern Ireland | 29 | 1:63,622 | 4,809 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Gibraltar | 13 | 1:2,612 | 585 |
| Hong Kong | 13 | 1:564,268 | 3,428 |
| Jamaica | 12 | 1:239,162 | 6,359 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Falkland Islands | 4 | 1:783 | 169 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 41 | 1:108,046 | 6,702 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,585 | 1:15,379 | 2,279 |
| Scotland | 55 | 1:68,058 | 4,042 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,550 | 1:32,399 | 3,894 |
Eagle (2,528) may also be a first name.
Eagle Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
There was a Norman family of L'Aigle. Matilda de Aquila, 1129, widow of Robert Mowbray, earl of Northumberland. (2) The name seems also to have been a signname, Gilbert de la Hegle being recorded in Sussex, 1273 (Bardsley). Alexander Eagell sometime at Halkhead, 1712 (RUG., III, p. 551).
(Anglo-French-Latin) a nickname or sign- name from the Eagle [Anglo-French egle, Old French aigle, Latin aquila] (English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Ægel, Egil = Dread, Terrible [Old English ege, awe, dread, &c. + the suff. -el]
(English) Descendant of Aegel (noble); dweller at the sign of the eagle; one who came from Eagle (oak wood), in Lincolnshire.
Metaphorically applied to a person of ambitious or soaring disposition. There are several legendary stories of eagles which may have originated the name; e. q. that of De Aquila mentioned in this Dictionary, and the well-known Stanley tradition. See Curiosities of Heraldry, page 187. The Eagle is also a familiar heraldric bearing and a common inn sign.
A location name in Lincolnshire; in the Domesday Book, Aycle.
Eagle: The king of the birds, we know was a sign. The two-headed eagle was an armorial bearing; it was the symbol of the Habsburg Emperors. When the Archduke John was shooting in Tyrol, he one day brought down an eagle. On contemplating it he expressed his astonishment. “Why,” he exclaimed, “it has one head only!” Gilbert de la Hegle appears in the Hundred Rolls; so also does Custance le Egle. But the usual name for an eagle was an erne. “Eagle” was from the French - an imported word.
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Eagle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eagle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eagle (Oriya: ଇଗଲ୍) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Eagle.
How Common Is The Last Name Eagle? popularity and diffusion
It is the 23,643rd most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 318,025 people. Eagle occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Eagle are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 146,689th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 2,528 people.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 11,913 people, or 1 in 30,425. In The United States Eagle is mostly found in: California, where 8 percent are found, North Carolina, where 7 percent are found and Michigan, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 107 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Eagle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Eagle has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 769 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 784 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 9 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 107 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Eagle Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Eagle surname is primarily Presbyterian (54%) in Ireland.
In The United States Eagle are 6.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.59% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Eagle earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.75% more than the national average, earning R 439,044 per year; in United States they earn 7.29% less than the national average, earning $40,003 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.96% more than the national average, earning $52,145 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eagle Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଗଲ୍ | igal | - |
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