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    The surname Runkel

    A surname, carried by 1,011 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R524

    Runkel: #24,685 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Runkel #24,685, 1,011 people Runkel: #24,685 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Runkel #24,685, 1,011 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Runkel is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,011 people named Runkel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 991.

    #24,685
    rank among US surnames
    1,011
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #23,815)

    Who is named Runkel

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

    97% of people named Runkel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Runkel

    Runkel has the Soundex code R524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Runkel?
    1,011 people in the United States had the surname Runkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,386 Americans. It ranked 24,685th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Runkel?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Runkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Runkel getting more or less common?
    More common. 991 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,011 in 2010, up 2.0%.