How common is the surname Kandel?

1,426 people in the United States had the surname Kandel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. It ranked 19,087th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kandel?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Kandel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Kandel?

Eric Kandel, American neuropsychiatrist, followed by Michael Kandel.

Where is the surname Kandel most common?

Wikidata records people named Kandel in the United States.

Is the surname Kandel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,426 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Kandel

A surname, carried by 1,426 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kandel is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,426 people named Kandel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,242.

#19,087

rank among US surnames

1,426

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,991)

Who is named Kandel

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

85% of people named Kandel identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kandels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric Kandel
American neuropsychiatrist, born 1929
Michael Kandel
American translator and author of science fiction (b. 1941)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kandel

Kandel has the Soundex code K534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K534.

Questions

How common is the surname Kandel?: 1,426 people in the United States had the surname Kandel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. It ranked 19,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kandel?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Kandel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Kandel?: Eric Kandel, American neuropsychiatrist, followed by Michael Kandel.
Where is the surname Kandel most common?: Wikidata records people named Kandel in the United States.
Is the surname Kandel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,426 in 2010, up 15%.