Explore the Family Name Ange

The meaning of Ange

1. English: shortened form of Ainger, itself a variant of Angier. 2. French and Channel Islands: from the French personal name Ange, from ange ‘angel’ (see Angel), or a nickname from this word. Compare Lange 2. 3. French (Angé): southern variant of Angier. 4. American shortened (and altered) form of any of various Italian surnames beginning with Ange- or perhaps Angi-, e.g. Angelini.

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How common is the last name Ange in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Ange has seen a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Ange ranked as the 19,784th most popular surname in the United States, dropping slightly to 20,739th by 2010, a change of -4.83%. However, the total count of people with the Ange surname increased marginally during this decade from 1,259 to 1,275, a 1.27% increase. The proportion of people with this surname per 100k population also decreased by 8.51%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,784	#20,739	-4.83%
Count	1,259	1,275	1.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.47	0.43	-8.51%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ange

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some changes for the surname Ange between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals with this surname identifying as White decreased slightly from 93.17% to 91.84%. There was an increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (from 1.03% to 1.33%), Hispanic (from 1.91% to 2.67%), and Black (from 2.07% to 2.67%). The percentages of those identifying as part of two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010 were suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.17%	91.84%	-1.43%
Hispanic	1.91%	2.67%	39.79%
Black	2.07%	2.67%	28.99%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.03%	1.33%	29.13%
Two or More Races	1.43%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.4%	0%	0%