# Revel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/revel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 746 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,107 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 413,868 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.3% (805 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Revell. * As a French surname, from Old French reveau (“rebel”). * Also as a French surname, from several places in France, such as Revel, Haute-Garonne, named after a nearby Mont Revel, from Latin rebellis (“he who revolts, rebels”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Revel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Similar surnames

Revell, Revilla, Revelle, Rebello, Rebelo, Ripley, Roybal, Ruble, Riffle, Raphael, Rafael, Ripple.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.