How common is the surname Harrel?

1,818 people in the United States had the surname Harrel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,827 Americans. It ranked 15,970th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Harrel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,818 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Harrel

A surname, carried by 1,818 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harrel is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,818 people named Harrel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,827 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,647.

#15,970

rank among US surnames

1,818

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,138)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,964	Cuccia	1,819	169,734
#15,970	Deines	1,818	169,827
#15,978	Doris	1,817	169,920

Who is named Harrel

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

83% of people named Harrel identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Harrel

Harrel has the Soundex code H640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H640.

Questions

How common is the surname Harrel?: 1,818 people in the United States had the surname Harrel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,827 Americans. It ranked 15,970th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Harrel?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Harrel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Harrel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,818 in 2010, up 10%.