# Kandel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kandel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,426 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,087 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 216,512 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (1,242 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kandel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 12% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kandel in the United States.

## People named Kandel

- Eric Kandel, American neuropsychiatrist
- Michael Kandel, American translator and author of science fiction (b. 1941)

## Similar surnames

Kindle, Kindel, Khandelwal, Kendall, Knittel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.