Explore the Family Name Egler

The meaning of Egler

South German: topographic name for someone living near the corner of a street or the corner of a mountain, or by a promontory, from Middle High German egge ‘corner’ + diminutive -l- + -er suffix denoting an inhabitant. Compare Egeler and Eggler. Some characteristic forenames: German Dieter, Bodo.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname 'Egler' has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, the surname was ranked at 34,904 and this rank slipped to 37,180 in 2010 marking a change of -6.52%. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased from 612 in 2000 to 600 in 2010, indicating a decrease of nearly 2%. Moreover, the proportion of people with this surname per 100k dropped by 13.04%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,904	#37,180	-6.52%
Count	612	600	-1.96%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.2	-13.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Egler

According to the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the ethnic identity of those carrying the 'Egler' surname is predominantly White, although there has been a decrease in this group from 95.26% in 2000 to 88.50% in 2010. Over the same period, there’s been a notable increase in individuals identifying as Black, from 3.59% to 6.00%. While the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic remained low, it saw an emergence from zero in 2000 to 3.33% in 2010. There were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in both years. Interestingly, those identifying with two or more races emerged in 2010, though the exact figure was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.26%	88.5%	-7.1%
Black	3.59%	6%	67.13%
Hispanic	0%	3.33%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	2%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%