How common is the surname Frenkel?

1,082 people in the United States had the surname Frenkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frenkel?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Frenkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frenkel?

Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Austrian-American psychologist.

Where is the surname Frenkel most common?

Wikidata records people named Frenkel in the United States.

How do you pronounce Frenkel?

Frenkel is /ˈfrɛŋkəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Frenkel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Frenkel

A surname, carried by 1,082 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfrɛŋkəl/ 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). Frenkel is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,082 people named Frenkel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,091.

#23,485

rank among US surnames

1,082

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,116)

Who is named Frenkel

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

97% of people named Frenkel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frenkels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Else Frenkel-Brunswik
Austrian-American psychologist, 1908–1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frenkel

Frenkel 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 Frenkel?: 1,082 people in the United States had the surname Frenkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frenkel?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Frenkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frenkel?: Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Austrian-American psychologist.
Where is the surname Frenkel most common?: Wikidata records people named Frenkel in the United States.
How do you pronounce Frenkel?: Frenkel is /ˈfrɛŋkəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Frenkel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, down 0.8%.