How common is the surname Fogel?

4,973 people in the United States had the surname Fogel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. It ranked 6,784th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fogel?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fogel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fogel?

Robert Fogel, American economist and historian (1926–2013), followed by Seymour Fogel.

Where is the surname Fogel most common?

Wikidata records people named Fogel in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Fogel getting more or less common?

More common. 4,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,973 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Fogel

A surname, carried by 4,973 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fogel is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,973 people named Fogel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,741.

#6,784

rank among US surnames

4,973

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,592)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,776	Youngs	4,977	62,034
#6,777	Radke	4,976	62,047
#6,781	Guyer	4,974	62,072
#6,784	Chee	4,973	62,084
#6,787	Hyder	4,971	62,109
#6,788	Coston	4,969	62,134

Who is named Fogel

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

93% of people named Fogel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fogels

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Fogel
American economist and historian (1926–2013)
Seymour Fogel
American artist (1911-1984)
Susanna Fogel
American director, screenwriter and author, born 1980
Bryan Fogel
American laywright, author and film director, born 2000
Joshua A. Fogel
American sinologist, born 1950
Silvio Fogel
Argentine footballer (1949-2016)

Notable Fogels come mostly from the United States (5) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fogel

Fogel has the Soundex code F240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F240.

Questions

How common is the surname Fogel?: 4,973 people in the United States had the surname Fogel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. It ranked 6,784th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fogel?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fogel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fogel?: Robert Fogel, American economist and historian (1926–2013), followed by Seymour Fogel.
Where is the surname Fogel most common?: Wikidata records people named Fogel in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Fogel getting more or less common?: More common. 4,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,973 in 2010, up 4.9%.