About the Engelman Surname

Engelman? Think of it as Engelmann with a different pen. The family name meaning is “Angel / Engelbert man”, the same as for Engelmann. Without the “n” of Engelmann, Engelman is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

The 2010 census count for Engelman in the United States was 2,645, good for rank 11,836. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Arms linked to Engelmann and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Engelman family name pack.