# Drexel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/drexel/  
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) | 778 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,139 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 396,845 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (781 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Drexel 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Drexel in the United States and Austria.

## People named Drexel

- Katharine Drexel, American Catholic sister and saint
- Wiltrud Drexel, alpine skier
- Anthony Joseph Drexel, American businessman (1826-1893)
- Nancy Drexel, American actress (1910-1989)

## Similar surnames

Dressler, Drexler, Dressel, Driscoll, Driskell, Driskill.

## 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.