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    The surname Koppel

    A surname, carried by 1,273 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K140

    Koppel: #20,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Koppel #20,758, 1,273 people Koppel: #20,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Koppel #20,758, 1,273 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koppel is more common than 87.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,273 people named Koppel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,213.

    #20,758
    rank among US surnames
    1,273
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,367)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,750Sanroman1,274242,343
    #20,758Pintado1,273242,534

    Who is named Koppel

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

    93% of people named Koppel identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Koppels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ted Koppel
      British-born American broadcast journalist (born 1940)

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    Surnames that sound like Koppel

    Koppel 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 Koppel?
    1,273 people in the United States had the surname Koppel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. It ranked 20,758th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Koppel?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Koppel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Koppel?
    Ted Koppel, British-born American broadcast journalist (born 1940).
    Where is the surname Koppel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Koppel in the United States.
    Is the surname Koppel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,273 in 2010, up 4.9%.