# Appel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/appel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,938 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,473 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,895 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (7,934 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Appel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Appel in the United States and Cisleithania.

## People named Appel

- Kenneth Appel, American mathematician
- Richard Appel, American writer and producer (born 1963)
- Jacob M. Appel, American author, bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic (born 1973)
- Jayne Appel, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Johann von Appel, Austrian politician (1826–1906)

## Similar surnames

Apple, Apel, Appell, Avila, Abel, Abell, Able, Abella, Avilla, Abila, Abele, Abello.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.