How common is the surname Handel?

2,367 people in the United States had the surname Handel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. It ranked 12,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Handel?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Handel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Handel?

Karen Handel, American politician.

Where is the surname Handel most common?

Wikidata records people named Handel in the United States.

Is the surname Handel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,367 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Handel

A German surname, carried by 2,367 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Handel is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

German origin

From a German surname.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,367 people named Handel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,346.

#12,971

rank among US surnames

2,367

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,175)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,965	Stigall	2,369	130,327
#12,968	Highfill	2,368	130,382
#12,971	Handel	2,367	130,437
#12,978	Cron	2,366	130,493

Who is named Handel

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

93% of people named Handel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Handels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karen Handel
American politician, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Handel

Handel has the Soundex code H534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H534.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Handel come from?: From a German surname.
How common is the surname Handel?: 2,367 people in the United States had the surname Handel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,437 Americans. It ranked 12,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Handel?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Handel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Handel?: Karen Handel, American politician.
Where is the surname Handel most common?: Wikidata records people named Handel in the United States.
Is the surname Handel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,367 in 2010, up 0.9%.