# Mandel (surname)

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

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,703 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,212 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,061 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (6,532 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mandell |

## Etymology

* Germanic surname (Dutch Mandel, German Mandel, Yiddish מאַנדל (Mandl), all meaning "almond"). Also found in Slovene as Mandelj. * As a south German and Austrian surname, variant of Mandl, from Mann + -l. * As a Dutch surname, from mandel (“sheaf of wheat”) (see Mandel below). * As a Jewish surname, variant of Mendel.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mandel 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mandel in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Mandel

- Ernest Mandel, Belgian economist and Marxist philosopher (1923–1995)
- Johnny Mandel, American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
- Harvey Mandel, American guitarist
- Robert Mandel, American film director and producer

## Similar surnames

Mandell, Mundell, Mendel, Mantle, Mondello, Mendell, Mantel, Mandala, Mandelbaum, Montalvo, Montiel, Mendiola.

## 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.