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    The surname Mengel

    A surname, carried by 2,271 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M524

    Mengel: #13,418 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mengel #13,418, 2,271 people Mengel: #13,418 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mengel #13,418, 2,271 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mengel is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,271 people named Mengel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,951 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,144.

    #13,418
    rank among US surnames
    2,271
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,085)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,413Weingarten2,272135,892
    #13,418Presson2,271135,951
    #13,427Legere2,270136,011

    Who is named Mengel

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

    95% of people named Mengel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mengel

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mengel?
    2,271 people in the United States had the surname Mengel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,951 Americans. It ranked 13,418th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mengel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mengel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mengel getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,271 in 2010, up 5.9%.