How common is the surname Appel?

7,938 people in the United States had the surname Appel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,895 Americans. It ranked 4,473rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Appel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Appel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Appel?

Kenneth Appel, American mathematician, followed by Richard Appel.

Where is the surname Appel most common?

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

Is the surname Appel getting more or less common?

More common. 7,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,938 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Appel

A surname, carried by 7,938 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Appel is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,938 people named Appel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,895 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,934.

#4,473

rank among US surnames

7,938

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,132)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,465	Cromer	7,952	38,826
#4,466	Fincher	7,951	38,831
#4,467	Loper	7,950	38,836
#4,469	Fellows	7,948	38,846
#4,470	Blythe	7,947	38,851
#4,471	Urias	7,941	38,880
#4,472	Haddock	7,940	38,885

Who is named Appel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Appel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Appels

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kenneth Appel
American mathematician, 1932–2013
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)

Notable Appels come mostly from the United States (4) and Cisleithania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Appel

Appel has the Soundex code A140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A140.

Questions

How common is the surname Appel?: 7,938 people in the United States had the surname Appel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,895 Americans. It ranked 4,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Appel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Appel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Appel?: Kenneth Appel, American mathematician, followed by Richard Appel.
Where is the surname Appel most common?: Wikidata records people named Appel in the United States and Cisleithania.
Is the surname Appel getting more or less common?: More common. 7,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,938 in 2010, up 0.1%.