How common is the surname Riedel?

6,578 people in the United States had the surname Riedel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,936 Americans. It ranked 5,295th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Riedel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Riedel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Riedel?

Eduardo Riedel, Brazilian politician.

Where is the surname Riedel most common?

Wikidata records people named Riedel in Brazil.

Is the surname Riedel getting more or less common?

More common. 6,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,578 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Riedel

A German surname, carried by 6,578 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riedel is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Riedel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,578 people named Riedel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,936 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,430.

#5,295

rank among US surnames

6,578

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,006)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,288	Brodie	6,585	46,886
#5,289	Mallard	6,583	46,900
#5,293	Koster	6,580	46,922
#5,295	Beeman	6,578	46,936
#5,297	Wasserman	6,577	46,943
#5,300	Silverstein	6,576	46,950

Who is named Riedel

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

94% of people named Riedel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Riedels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eduardo Riedel
Brazilian politician, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Riedel

Riedel has the Soundex code R340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R340.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Riedel come from?: From German Riedel.
How common is the surname Riedel?: 6,578 people in the United States had the surname Riedel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,936 Americans. It ranked 5,295th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riedel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Riedel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Riedel?: Eduardo Riedel, Brazilian politician.
Where is the surname Riedel most common?: Wikidata records people named Riedel in Brazil.
Is the surname Riedel getting more or less common?: More common. 6,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,578 in 2010, up 2.3%.