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The surname Imel

A surname, carried by 1,973 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I540

Imel: #14,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Imel #14,979, 1,973 people Imel: #14,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Imel #14,979, 1,973 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Imel is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,973 people named Imel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,485 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,943.

#14,979
rank among US surnames
1,973
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.5%
change since 2000 (was #14,182)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,970Hagopian1,975156,327
#14,976Charland1,974156,406
#14,979Traore1,973156,485
#14,986Fuentez1,972156,565

Who is named Imel

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

92% of people named Imel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Two or more races 2.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Imel

Imel has the Soundex code I540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I540.

Questions

How common is the surname Imel?
1,973 people in the United States had the surname Imel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,485 Americans. It ranked 14,979th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Imel?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Imel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Imel getting more or less common?
More common. 1,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,973 in 2010, up 1.5%.