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    The surname Riel

    A surname, carried by 2,125 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R400

    Riel: #14,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Riel #14,139, 2,125 people Riel: #14,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Riel #14,139, 2,125 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Riel is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,125 people named Riel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,160.

    #14,139
    rank among US surnames
    2,125
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #13,012)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,137Pavia2,126145,224
    #14,139Fujii2,125145,292
    #14,148Longwell2,124145,360

    Who is named Riel

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

    85% of people named Riel identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Riel

    Riel has the Soundex code R400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Riel?
    2,125 people in the United States had the surname Riel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. It ranked 14,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Riel?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Riel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Riel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,125 in 2010, down 1.6%.