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    The surname Reigel

    A surname, carried by 1,070 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R240

    Reigel: #23,675 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Reigel #23,675, 1,070 people Reigel: #23,675 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Reigel #23,675, 1,070 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reigel is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,070 people named Reigel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 914.

    #23,675
    rank among US surnames
    1,070
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.1%
    change since 2000 (was #25,430)

    Who is named Reigel

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

    96% of people named Reigel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reigel

    Reigel has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Reigel?
    1,070 people in the United States had the surname Reigel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. It ranked 23,675th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reigel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Reigel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Reigel getting more or less common?
    More common. 914 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,070 in 2010, up 17%.