How common is the surname Happel?

1,854 people in the United States had the surname Happel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,529 Americans. It ranked 15,727th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Happel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Happel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Happel?

Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and manager (1925–1992), followed by Eberhard Werner Happel.

Where is the surname Happel most common?

Wikidata records people named Happel in Austria and Germany.

Is the surname Happel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,854 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Happel

A surname, carried by 1,854 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Happel is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,854 people named Happel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,529 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,723.

#15,727

rank among US surnames

1,854

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,578)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,719	Broadhurst	1,855	166,440
#15,727	Youn	1,854	166,529
#15,734	Loew	1,853	166,619

Who is named Happel

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

96% of people named Happel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

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 Happels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ernst Happel
Austrian footballer and manager (1925–1992)
Eberhard Werner Happel
Author, 1647–1690

Notable Happels come mostly from Austria (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Happel

Happel has the Soundex code H140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H140.

Questions

How common is the surname Happel?: 1,854 people in the United States had the surname Happel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,529 Americans. It ranked 15,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Happel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Happel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Happel?: Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and manager (1925–1992), followed by Eberhard Werner Happel.
Where is the surname Happel most common?: Wikidata records people named Happel in Austria and Germany.
Is the surname Happel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,854 in 2010, up 7.6%.