How common is the surname Pagel?

5,043 people in the United States had the surname Pagel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,223 Americans. It ranked 6,697th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pagel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pagel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pagel?

Bernard Pagel, British astronomer.

Where is the surname Pagel most common?

Wikidata records people named Pagel in Germany.

Is the surname Pagel getting more or less common?

More common. 4,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,043 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Pagel

A surname, carried by 5,043 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pagel is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,043 people named Pagel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,223 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,973.

#6,697

rank among US surnames

5,043

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,306)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,691	Fricke	5,048	61,162
#6,692	Mach	5,047	61,174
#6,694	Kenner	5,045	61,198
#6,697	Pagel	5,043	61,223
#6,699	Bodine	5,042	61,235

Who is named Pagel

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

94% of people named Pagel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pagels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bernard Pagel
British astronomer, 1930–2007

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pagel

Pagel has the Soundex code P240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P240.

Questions

How common is the surname Pagel?: 5,043 people in the United States had the surname Pagel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,223 Americans. It ranked 6,697th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pagel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pagel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pagel?: Bernard Pagel, British astronomer.
Where is the surname Pagel most common?: Wikidata records people named Pagel in Germany.
Is the surname Pagel getting more or less common?: More common. 4,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,043 in 2010, up 1.4%.