Angell
surname · Latin script
Meaning: politician (Nobel 1933): Roger,
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈeɪndʒəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Angell is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 24K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 40K
- USUnited States1 in 43K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 372 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
7,725 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
politician (Nobel 1933): Roger,
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Angell counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 7,725 | 1 in 43K | 7.7K | Angell | 372 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Angell | 178 |
| NO Norway | 1,546 | 1 in 3.5K | 1.5K | Angell | 46 |
| CA Canada | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Angell | 83 |
| IT Italy | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 91K | — | Angell | 9 |
| AU Australia | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 40K | 1 | Angell | 89 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Angell | 40 |
| FI Finland | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 10 | — | 3 |
7,725 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Angell is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Sir Norman, English author.
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, VS baseball writer
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Welsh, a unisex given name from angell (“arm, leg, limb”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, alternative form of aungel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, aileron ; bande de sable entre rochers et chemins
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mary Ann Angellb. 1803USSecond woman married to Latter Day Saint leader Brigham Young
- James Burrill Angellb. 1829USAmerican diplomat (1829–1916)
- Frank Angellb. 1857USAmerican psychologist (1857-1939)
- James Rowland Angellb. 1869USAmerican psychologist and educator (1869–1949)
- Ralph Norman Angellb. 1872GBEnglish politician (1872–1967)
- Roger Angellb. 1920USAmerican essayist
- Barbara Angellb. 1935AUAustralian writer
- Marcia Angellb. 1939USphysician
- David Angellb. 1946USAmerican screenwriter and television producer (1946-2001)
- Lisa Angellb. 1968FRFrench singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 36 sources across 20 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Angell mean, and where does it come from?
- politician (Nobel 1933): Roger, Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- How do you pronounce Angell?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈeɪndʒəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Angell have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 7.7 thousand people named Angell, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled angell.
- Where is Angell most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Angell is densest in Norway — about 1 in 3.5 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Angell?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,725 people named Angell in 2010, about 1 in 43 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/angellThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Angell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.