How common is the surname Frankel?

7,253 people in the United States had the surname Frankel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,568 Americans. It ranked 4,860th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frankel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frankel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frankel?

David Frankel, American film director (born 1959), followed by Lois Frankel.

Where is the surname Frankel most common?

Wikidata records people named Frankel in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria–Hungary.

Is the surname Frankel getting more or less common?

More common. 6,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,253 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Frankel

A surname, carried by 7,253 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frankel is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,253 people named Frankel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,568 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,633.

#4,860

rank among US surnames

7,253

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,855)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,852	McKenney	7,265	42,498
#4,853	Cupp	7,263	42,509
#4,854	Christ	7,261	42,521
#4,856	McCool	7,259	42,533
#4,857	Ries	7,258	42,539
#4,858	McDaniels	7,256	42,550
#4,859	Speed	7,255	42,556

Who is named Frankel

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

95% of people named Frankel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frankels

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Frankel
American film director (born 1959)
Lois Frankel
American politician, born 1948
Zecharias Frankel
Bohemian-German rabbi and historian (1801-1875)
Justin Frankel
American computer programmer, born 1978
Bethenny Frankel
American television personality, born 1970
Benjamin Frankel
British composer, 1906–1973
Mark Frankel
British actor (1962-1996)
Aerin Frankel
American ice hockey player, born 1999
Stan Frankel
American computer scientist (1919–1978)
Bea Arthur
American actress and comedienne (1922–2009)

Notable Frankels come mostly from the United States (7), the United Kingdom (2) and Austria–Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frankel

Frankel has the Soundex code F652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F652.

Questions

How common is the surname Frankel?: 7,253 people in the United States had the surname Frankel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,568 Americans. It ranked 4,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frankel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frankel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frankel?: David Frankel, American film director (born 1959), followed by Lois Frankel.
Where is the surname Frankel most common?: Wikidata records people named Frankel in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria–Hungary.
Is the surname Frankel getting more or less common?: More common. 6,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,253 in 2010, up 9.3%.