How common is the surname Appell?

1,230 people in the United States had the surname Appell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. It ranked 21,307th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Appell?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Appell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Appell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,230 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Appell

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,230 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). Appell is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

A surname from Swedish.

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,230 people named Appell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,115.

#21,307

rank among US surnames

1,230

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #21,754)

Who is named Appell

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

96% of people named Appell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Appell

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

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Appell come from?: Appell is Swedish in origin.
How common is the surname Appell?: 1,230 people in the United States had the surname Appell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. It ranked 21,307th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Appell?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Appell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Appell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,230 in 2010, up 10%.