166 Global ENGA Family Members

ENGA Family History

Recorded in many spellings including Eng, Enga, Engh, and Engman, as well as being a component part of compounds such as Engberg, Englund, and Engstrom, this is as Scandanavian surname, but essentially Swedish. It originates from the word 'ang' used in ancient times before the 10th century a.d. to denote a water meadow, and is therefore residential for a person who lived by such a place. The name is now more popular in its 'ornamental' forms, as a result of initiatives by the Swedish government in the 19th century to broaden the surname base from the patronymics such as Alfredsen and Jansen which contributed almost all the surnames.