How common is the surname Riegel?

3,967 people in the United States had the surname Riegel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,828 Americans. It ranked 8,345th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Riegel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Riegel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Riegel?

Eden Riegel, American actress, followed by Sam Riegel.

Where is the surname Riegel most common?

Wikidata records people named Riegel in the United States.

How do you pronounce Riegel?

Riegel is /ˈɹiːɡəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Riegel getting more or less common?

More common. 3,775 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,967 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Riegel

A surname, carried by 3,967 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹiːɡəl/ 2 syllables Soundex R240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riegel is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,967 people named Riegel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,828 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,775.

#8,345

rank among US surnames

3,967

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,090)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,339	Densmore	3,971	77,750
#8,341	Eskridge	3,969	77,789
#8,342	Wadley	3,968	77,809
#8,345	Graybill	3,967	77,828
#8,348	Jessop	3,965	77,868
#8,350	Despain	3,964	77,887

Who is named Riegel

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

96% of people named Riegel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Riegels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eden Riegel
American actress, born 1981
Sam Riegel
American voice actor, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Riegel

Riegel 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 Riegel?: 3,967 people in the United States had the surname Riegel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,828 Americans. It ranked 8,345th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Riegel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Riegel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Riegel?: Eden Riegel, American actress, followed by Sam Riegel.
Where is the surname Riegel most common?: Wikidata records people named Riegel in the United States.
How do you pronounce Riegel?: Riegel is /ˈɹiːɡəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Riegel getting more or less common?: More common. 3,775 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,967 in 2010, up 5.1%.