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The surname Pickel

A surname, carried by 2,673 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P240

Pickel: #11,722 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pickel #11,722, 2,673 people Pickel: #11,722 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pickel #11,722, 2,673 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pickel is more common than 92.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,673 people named Pickel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,505 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,649.

#11,722
rank among US surnames
2,673
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+0.9%
change since 2000 (was #11,012)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,714Dismuke2,676115,376
#11,716Ikeda2,675115,419
#11,719Blazek2,674115,462
#11,722Pickel2,673115,505
#11,728Currey2,672115,548

Who is named Pickel

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

95% of people named Pickel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pickel

Pickel 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 Pickel?
2,673 people in the United States had the surname Pickel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,505 Americans. It ranked 11,722nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pickel?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pickel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pickel getting more or less common?
More common. 2,649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,673 in 2010, up 0.9%.