How common is the surname Kappel?

2,869 people in the United States had the surname Kappel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,614 Americans. It ranked 11,073rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kappel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kappel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kappel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,869 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Kappel

A surname, carried by 2,869 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kappel is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,869 people named Kappel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,614 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,432.

#11,073

rank among US surnames

2,869

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+18%

change since 2000 (was #11,795)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,066	Shuford	2,871	107,539
#11,069	Eanes	2,870	107,577
#11,073	Kappel	2,869	107,614
#11,076	Kiely	2,868	107,652
#11,078	Thielen	2,867	107,689
#11,079	Leber	2,865	107,765
#11,081	Emmanuel	2,864	107,802

Who is named Kappel

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

94% of people named Kappel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kappel

Kappel has the Soundex code K140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K140.

Questions

How common is the surname Kappel?: 2,869 people in the United States had the surname Kappel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,614 Americans. It ranked 11,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kappel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kappel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kappel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,869 in 2010, up 18%.