How common is the surname Emanuel?

6,517 people in the United States had the surname Emanuel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,375 Americans. It ranked 5,340th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Emanuel?

Rahm Emanuel, American politician (born 1959), followed by Ari Emanuel.

Where is the surname Emanuel most common?

Wikidata records people named Emanuel in the United States.

Is the surname Emanuel getting more or less common?

More common. 6,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,517 in 2010, up 7.7%.

Is Emanuel also a first name?

Yes. Emanuel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Emanuel

A Spanish surname, carried by 6,517 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex E554 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Emanuel is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Variant of Emmanuel, borrowed from Spanish and from various other European languages.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,517 people named Emanuel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,375 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,051.

#5,340

rank among US surnames

6,517

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,296)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,337	Sorto	6,523	47,332
#5,338	Buell	6,522	47,339
#5,339	Bias	6,518	47,368
#5,340	Emanuel	6,517	47,375

Who is named Emanuel

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

53% of people named Emanuel identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Emanuels

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rahm Emanuel
American politician (born 1959)
Ari Emanuel
American businessman and CEO of Endeavor, born 1961
Kerry Emanuel
American meteorologist, born 1955
Ezekiel Emanuel
American physician, born 1957
Jordan Emanuel
American model, journalist, philanthropist, born 1987
Michale Graves
American singer, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Emanuel

Emmanuel

Emanuel has the Soundex code E554, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E554.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Emanuel come from?: Variant of Emmanuel, borrowed from Spanish and from various other European languages.
How common is the surname Emanuel?: 6,517 people in the United States had the surname Emanuel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,375 Americans. It ranked 5,340th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Emanuel?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Emanuel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Emanuel?: Rahm Emanuel, American politician (born 1959), followed by Ari Emanuel.
Where is the surname Emanuel most common?: Wikidata records people named Emanuel in the United States.
Is the surname Emanuel getting more or less common?: More common. 6,051 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,517 in 2010, up 7.7%.
Is Emanuel also a first name?: Yes. Emanuel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.