Explore the Family Name Egolf

The meaning of Egolf

German: variant of Egloff.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Egolf displayed a slight dip in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the name ranked 21,694th in terms of popularity and by 2010 it had slipped to the 22,573rd spot, representing a decrease of 4.05%. However, despite the drop in rank, the count of people with this surname actually rose by 1.7% from 1119 individuals in 2000 to 1138 in 2010. Nevertheless, the proportion per 100k people dropped by 4.88%, indicating that although more people bore the surname, it became relatively less common within the overall population.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,694	#22,573	-4.05%
Count	1,119	1,138	1.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.41	0.39	-4.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Egolf

The Decennial U.S. Census data also paints an interesting picture regarding the ethnic identity connected with the surname Egolf. In both 2000 and 2010, there were no recorded instances of the surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations. The majority of those bearing the name identified as White, accounting for 98.39% in 2000 and 97.28% in 2010, marking a decrease of just over one percentage point. There was a notable increase of 53.75% in the number of individuals identifying as Hispanic holding this surname, rising from 0.80% in 2000 to 1.23% in 2010. Additionally, individuals identifying with two or more races started appearing in the data in 2010, accounting for 0.97% of Egolfs.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.39%	97.28%	-1.13%
Hispanic	0.8%	1.23%	53.75%
Two or More Races	0%	0.97%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%