Engel Family History
Engel Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from a short form of various Germanic
personal names (see, for example, Engelbert and
Engelhard). A number of different elements have fallen together
in Engel-, mainly Ingal, extended form of Ing,
the name of a Germanic god or folk hero, and Angel ‘Angle’. The
Angles were a Germanic tribe living on the Jutland peninsula; in the
5th–6th centuries they invaded eastern and northern Britain and gave
their name to England (Old English Englaland ‘land of the
Angles’).German and Dutch: in some cases a habitational name for
someone living at a house bearing the sign of an angel, Middle High
German engel.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from
German Engel ‘angel’ (see 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Engel
Name Distribution of Engel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Engel families
 368 - 734  123 - 367 |
 1 - 122  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Engel families
|
33 - 63 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Engel families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Engel Family Origin
Engel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Engel
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Engel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Engel census records
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