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    The surname Mangel

    A German surname, carried by 632 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M524

    Mangel: #35,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mangel #35,582, 632 people Mangel: #35,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Mangel #35,582, 632 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mangel is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German surname, variant of Mangold. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mangel (“scarcity, lacking, need”). * As an English surname, variant of Mangnall, from Mankinholes in Lancashire, usually said to be from the Irish name Manchán (compare manach (“monk”)) + Old English hol (“hollow”). * As a French surname, variant of Mange, shortened from the personal name Demange, a dialect form of Dominique.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 632 people named Mangel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 656.

    #35,582
    rank among US surnames
    632
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #32,939)

    Who is named Mangel

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

    88% of people named Mangel identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mangel

    Mangel has the Soundex code M524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M524.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mangel come from?
    * As a German surname, variant of Mangold. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mangel (“scarcity, lacking, need”). * As an English surname, variant of Mangnall, from Mankinholes in Lancashire, usually said to be from the Irish name Manchán (compare manach (“monk”)) + Old English hol (“hollow”). *…
    How common is the surname Mangel?
    632 people in the United States had the surname Mangel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. It ranked 35,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mangel?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Mangel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mangel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 632 in 2010, down 3.7%.