English Surname

5,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100,344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

English Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'the English,' no doubt the Scotch Inglis anglicized, as English in England would be an unlikely sobriquet; v. Inglis.

William le Englich, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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English Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States62,4771:5,801676
England11,3671:4,902677
Australia6,7631:3,992569
Canada5,7611:6,396943
Ireland2,7291:1,726339
Egypt1,1291:81,4317,252
Saudi Arabia1,0341:29,8414,317
South Africa9731:55,6817,071
Jamaica9631:2,980455
Scotland8551:6,262996
Northern Ireland8151:2,264471
New Zealand5521:8,2031,400
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Guyana4171:1,828324
Wales3711:8,341931
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Thailand2141:330,08657,008
Nigeria2091:847,57337,299
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
India1661:4,620,876119,070
France1431:464,49566,161
Spain1101:425,01922,707
Papua New Guinea1011:80,73010,659
Brazil931:2,301,87571,238
Philippines931:1,088,58389,772
Germany861:936,11065,790
Panama861:45,4912,295
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Zimbabwe761:203,13523,436
Portugal751:138,9106,177
China661:20,716,9931,140
Jersey591:1,681251
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Guernsey511:1,264261
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Nicaragua501:120,4222,026
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Argentina391:1,095,98566,746
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
Grenada381:2,856450
Malta361:11,952723
Mexico361:3,447,95024,458
Trinidad and Tobago331:41,3333,849
Antigua and Barbuda321:3,099465
Italy321:1,911,14687,725
Chile291:607,46514,668
Greece291:382,06251,720
Guam291:5,521755
Malaysia271:1,092,37948,277
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Indonesia261:5,086,507239,866
Japan251:5,113,77239,513
Isle of Man241:3,576767
Vietnam241:3,860,2522,351
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Czechia191:559,65656,138
South Korea161:3,202,516604
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Iran141:5,484,466128,255
Namibia141:172,1009,625
Algeria131:2,971,65845,332
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Hong Kong111:666,8623,581
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines101:11,266808
Turkey101:7,782,142126,629
Afghanistan91:3,572,57620,130
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Norway81:642,78647,258
Saint Kitts and Nevis71:7,886671
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Jordan61:1,473,74019,539
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Georgia51:749,10921,598
Barbados41:71,8621,737
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Nepal41:7,120,23914,461
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Cook Islands31:6,0601,122
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Anguilla21:6,718471
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,3911:1,853356
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,2681:4,627701
Scotland2681:13,9671,598
Wales811:19,3631,123
Guernsey141:2,333390
Jersey141:3,706624
Isle of Man41:13,5671,192
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,7551:3,937481

English (2,079) may also be a first name.

English Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'the English,' no doubt the Scotch Inglis anglicized, as English in England would be an unlikely sobriquet; v. Inglis.

William le Englich, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

As le Frenssh is so common in this register it is quite possible that in some cases a feeling of opposition gave rise to a nickname; a game of French and English at an early date. But the Scotch Inglis is no doubt the chief parent.

1668. Married — Richard Inglish and Elizabeth Macland: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

From ME. adjective English, "English,' i.e. an Englishman, LL. Anglicus. Richard Anglicus appears as witness c. 1220 (CMN., 10), and Reginald and Radulf Anglico attest a charter c. 1330 (RHM., I, p. 39). Thomas Engilsk gave up land he unlawfully bought in Shetland, 1485 (OSR., I, p. 54). Robert English and Samuel English were residents in the parish of Borgue in 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. IX, p. 566). John English, late kirk treasurer, Edinburgh, 1737 (Guildry, p. 161).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) ENGLiSH(man) [Middle English Englissh, Englisch, &c. (Anglo-French Engleis), Old English Englisc] Walter le Engleis.—Hundred Rolls John le Englissh.—Parl. Writs.

Cp. Inglis.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

First called L’Angleis etc.; in Co. Limerick since the thirteenth century and completely hibernicized. MIF 97

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) An Englishman. Possibly the name was acquired while outside of England and brought back.

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

An additional name applied for distinction's sake, in early Norman times, to such persons as were permitted to retain their lands. Thus in Domesd. we find "quatuor Angli"-Four English, mentioned as holding in capite in Hampshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Borne by numerous Norman families. Adam, Alexander, Alvered, Asceline, Bernard, Henry, Elias, Gaufrid, and twenty more, bore, 1180-95, the name of Anglicus in Normandy (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Twenty-four of the name of Anglicus are mentioned in 1198 (Ib.). The families of English or Inglis are all Norman. 'England’ is another form of Anglicus.

The Norman People (1874)

English: in Scotch Inglis, a designation acquired, as already explained, in Shewsbury and on the Welsh border, also in Scotland.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

User-submitted Reference

(Scottish) This surname means 'Englishman', 'one who came from England'.

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English Last Name Facts

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

English (Hindi: इंग्लेश) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name English? popularity and diffusion

The surname English is the 5,635th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 72,626 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of English reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 165,273rd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 2,079 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 62,477 people, or 1 in 5,801. In The United States English is primarily found in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname is found in 143 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

English Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of English has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the English surname expanded 490 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 216 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 114 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 319 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 458 percent between 1881 and 2014.

English Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the English last name is primarily Catholic (71%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States English are 11.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.56% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount English earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 19.32% more than the national average, earning R 283,548 per year; in United States they earn 2.68% less than the national average, earning $41,991 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.66% less than the national average, earning $48,859 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Englisch931,543/
Englaish937/
Englishe934/
Enghlish933/
Engllish933/
Einglish931/
Oenglish931/
Englilsh931/
Enlglish931/
Ennglish931/
Aenglish931/
Engleish930/
Jenglish930/
Englis922,331/
Eglish9211/
Englitsch8839/
Inglish86778/
Englich86418/
Englisz86182/
Anglish8619/
Englise8619/
Englesh8610/
Engilsh867/
Emglish864/
Ehglish864/
Englidh862/
Engliss861/
Yenglis861/
Engleis861/
Henglis861/
Ennglis860/
Englist860/
Engli83236/
Eglis83235/
Englishová821/
Englicht8055/
Engellis8018/
Hinglish804/
Inghlish801/
Inglisch801/
Gienglis801/
Ginglish801/
Engleith800/
Englischová7822/
Englischova781/
Inglis7723,032/
Engles772,406/
Hengli77195/
Anglis77168/
Eglise7779/
Engliš7761/
Geglis7751/
Eglais7744/
Eglich7733/
Engliz7721/
Englid7718/
Gengli7715/
Englai7713/
Englic7710/
Englit779/
Eglijs779/
Englui778/
Engils775/
Englhe772/
Ynglis772/
Eingli771/
Englie771/
Englès771/
Englês771/
Egliss771/
Englli771/
Heglis771/
Inglitsch7524/
Englisova754/
Inglishch751/
Englheist750/
Angliss71719/
Hengles71419/
Anglais71343/
Englese71172/
Anglisz7177/
Henglai7162/
Eigėlis7149/
Ineglis7134/
Anglois7131/
Ingliss7129/
Iglisch7124/
Eigelis7118/
Inglesh7118/
Engelli7115/
Ingleis7113/
Yengles719/
Engleth716/
Eygelis715/
Englest713/
Inglies713/
Inglise712/
Inglihs712/
Anglesh712/
Angglis712/
Englerh711/
Engless711/
Enilhsh711/
Ennghillis711/
Inglysh711/
Ginglis711/
Inglist711/
Engleas711/
Engleus711/
Englicz711/
Euglisz711/
Engluís711/
Enghliz711/
Eingles711/
Jinglis710/
Englees710/
Jengles710/
Englice710/
Engnils710/
Gengles710/
Eengles710/
Engle6728,044/
Egles67302/
Ingli67292/
Ingellis67236/
Angillis67199/
Engla67127/
Angellis6782/
Engly6727/
Iglis6711/
Enels679/
Uisengli674/
Englesse673/
Engelles673/
Engellio673/
Engillio672/
Hinglais672/
Jeangillies671/
Egillies671/
Eglisova671/
Enils671/
Eugillis671/
Iglitsch671/
Gengilli671/
Engliova671/
Engliová671/
Enles671/
Ejnls671/
Hengleds671/
Engleads670/
Enlse670/

English Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
English in the Hindi language
इंग्लेशinglesa33.33
इंग्लिशinglisa33.33
इंगलेशingalesa33.33

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