How common is the surname Rummel?

3,913 people in the United States had the surname Rummel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,903 Americans. It ranked 8,439th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rummel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rummel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rummel?

Rudolph Rummel, American academic (1932–2014), followed by Henrik Rummel.

Where is the surname Rummel most common?

Wikidata records people named Rummel in the United States.

Is the surname Rummel getting more or less common?

More common. 3,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,913 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Rummel

A surname, carried by 3,913 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rummel is more common than 94.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,913 people named Rummel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,903 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,739.

#8,439

rank among US surnames

3,913

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,161)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,435	Jessie	3,916	78,842
#8,437	Desousa	3,915	78,862
#8,438	Eddins	3,914	78,882
#8,439	Esteves	3,913	78,903

Who is named Rummel

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

96% of people named Rummel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rummels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rudolph Rummel
American academic (1932–2014)
Henrik Rummel
American rower, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rummel

Rummel has the Soundex code R540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R540.

Questions

How common is the surname Rummel?: 3,913 people in the United States had the surname Rummel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,903 Americans. It ranked 8,439th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rummel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rummel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rummel?: Rudolph Rummel, American academic (1932–2014), followed by Henrik Rummel.
Where is the surname Rummel most common?: Wikidata records people named Rummel in the United States.
Is the surname Rummel getting more or less common?: More common. 3,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,913 in 2010, up 4.7%.