How common is the surname Henkel?

5,135 people in the United States had the surname Henkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,126 Americans. It ranked 6,595th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Henkel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Henkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Henkel?

Ana Paula Henkel, Brazilian volleyball player and journalist, followed by Kim Henkel.

Where is the surname Henkel most common?

Wikidata records people named Henkel in Brazil and the United States.

Is the surname Henkel getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,135 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Henkel

A German surname, carried by 5,135 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Henkel is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Henkel.

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 5,135 people named Henkel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,126 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,161.

#6,595

rank among US surnames

5,135

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,122)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,586	Rigdon	5,145	60,009
#6,587	Matz	5,143	60,032
#6,588	Beane	5,142	60,044
#6,589	Kranz	5,141	60,056
#6,590	Yanes	5,140	60,067
#6,591	Knighton	5,139	60,079
#6,593	Benfield	5,138	60,091

Who is named Henkel

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

95% of people named Henkel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Henkels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ana Paula Henkel
Brazilian volleyball player and journalist, born 1972
Kim Henkel
American film director, producer and screenwriter, born 1946

Notable Henkels come mostly from Brazil (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Henkel

Henkel has the Soundex code H524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H524.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Henkel come from?: Borrowed from German Henkel.
How common is the surname Henkel?: 5,135 people in the United States had the surname Henkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,126 Americans. It ranked 6,595th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Henkel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Henkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Henkel?: Ana Paula Henkel, Brazilian volleyball player and journalist, followed by Kim Henkel.
Where is the surname Henkel most common?: Wikidata records people named Henkel in Brazil and the United States.
Is the surname Henkel getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,135 in 2010, down 0.5%.