How common is the surname Hempel?

2,819 people in the United States had the surname Hempel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. It ranked 11,216th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Hempel most common?

Wikidata records people named Hempel in the United States.

Is the surname Hempel getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,819 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Hempel

A surname, carried by 2,819 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hempel is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,819 people named Hempel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,837.

#11,216

rank among US surnames

2,819

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,413)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,209	Noone	2,820	109,484
#11,216	Dennard	2,819	109,523
#11,223	Yeary	2,818	109,562
#11,225	Wolfgang	2,817	109,601

Who is named Hempel

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

95% of people named Hempel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hempels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amy Hempel
American writer, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hempel

Hempel has the Soundex code H514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H514.

Questions

How common is the surname Hempel?: 2,819 people in the United States had the surname Hempel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. It ranked 11,216th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hempel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hempel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Hempel?: Amy Hempel, American writer.
Where is the surname Hempel most common?: Wikidata records people named Hempel in the United States.
Is the surname Hempel getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,819 in 2010, down 0.6%.