How common is the surname Gunkel?

1,020 people in the United States had the surname Gunkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. It ranked 24,517th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gunkel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gunkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gunkel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,020 in 2010, down 4.8%.

The surname Gunkel

A surname, carried by 1,020 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gunkel is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,020 people named Gunkel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,071.

#24,517

rank among US surnames

1,020

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,427)

Who is named Gunkel

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

94% of people named Gunkel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Gunkel?: 1,020 people in the United States had the surname Gunkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,692 Americans. It ranked 24,517th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gunkel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gunkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gunkel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,020 in 2010, down 4.8%.