How common is the surname Arel?

1,161 people in the United States had the surname Arel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. It ranked 22,216th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Arel?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Arel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Arel getting more or less common?

More common. 981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,161 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Arel

A surname, carried by 1,161 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Arel is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,161 people named Arel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 981.

#22,216

rank among US surnames

1,161

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+18.3%

change since 2000 (was #24,007)

Who is named Arel

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

90% of people named Arel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Arel

Arel has the Soundex code A640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A640.

Questions

How common is the surname Arel?: 1,161 people in the United States had the surname Arel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. It ranked 22,216th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Arel?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Arel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Arel getting more or less common?: More common. 981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,161 in 2010, up 18%.