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    The surname Rangel

    A surname, carried by 57,549 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R524

    Rangel: #578 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Rangel #578, 57,549 people Rangel: #578 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Rangel #578, 57,549 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rangel is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 57,549 people named Rangel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,365 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 41,868.

    #578
    rank among US surnames
    57,549
    people in 2010
    20
    per 100,000 Americans
    +37.5%
    change since 2000 (was #750)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #569Nash58,7145,258
    #570Wilkins58,6345,266
    #571Petersen58,4805,280
    #572Briggs58,4085,286
    #573Shah58,2875,297
    #574Roth58,2785,298
    #575Nicholson58,1515,309

    Who is named Rangel

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

    93% of people named Rangel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Rangels

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruno Rangel
      Brazilian footballer, 1981–2016
    • Vinicius Rangel
      Brazilian cyclist, born 2001
    • Caio Rangel
      Brazilian footballer, born 1996
    • Paulo Rangel
      Brazilian footballer, born 1985

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rangel

    Rangel has the Soundex code R524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rangel?
    57,549 people in the United States had the surname Rangel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,365 Americans. It ranked 578th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rangel?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rangel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rangel?
    Bruno Rangel, Brazilian footballer, followed by Vinicius Rangel.
    Where is the surname Rangel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rangel in Brazil.
    Is the surname Rangel getting more or less common?
    More common. 41,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,549 in 2010, up 38%.