How Many People Are Named Ferdinand Engel?

There are approximately 1 people named Ferdinand Engel living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Ferdinand with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Engel. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Ferdinand

Last Name

Engel

Ferdinand: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Ferdinand. The peak year was 1918 with 259 births. The average person named Ferdinand today is 55 years old.

Ancestry of the First Name Ferdinand

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Ferdinand in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Ferdinand rose or fell over time.

White

25.44%

Black

13.12%

Hispanic

17.26%

Asian/Pacific Islander

42.29%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.43%

Two or More Races

1.46%

Ancestry of the Engel Surname

The surname Engel was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Engel in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

92.15%

Black

0.39%

Hispanic

3.33%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.85%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.35%

Two or More Races

2.93%

How we calculated this

The first name "Ferdinand" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Engel" appears at a rate of 7.08 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Ferdinand are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Ferdinand

Ferdinand Smith Ferdinand Johnson Ferdinand Williams Ferdinand Jones Ferdinand Brown Ferdinand Garcia

Other people with the surname Engel

Michael Engel James Engel John Engel David Engel Robert Engel William Engel Sebastian Engel Eliot Engel

Ferdinand Engel: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Ferdinand Engel?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Ferdinand Engel are alive in the United States today. The first name Ferdinand is shared by 3,028 Americans, and the surname Engel is shared by 24,262.

How rare is the name Ferdinand Engel?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Ferdinand is rare and the surname Engel is uncommon.

Is Ferdinand a male or female name?

Ferdinand is predominantly male, with 100.0% of bearers being male and 0.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 1918 and the average bearer today is 55 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Ferdinand?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Ferdinand was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander (42.29%). The next largest recorded groups were White (25.44%) and Hispanic (17.26%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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