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    The surname Scheel

    A surname, carried by 3,504 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S400

    Scheel: #9,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Scheel #9,289, 3,504 people Scheel: #9,289 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Scheel #9,289, 3,504 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheel is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    North German and Dutch surname, from the adjective scheel (“squinting”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,504 people named Scheel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,112 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,333.

    #9,289
    rank among US surnames
    3,504
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,017)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,281Tarter3,50788,037
    #9,283Creasy3,50688,062
    #9,286Clack3,50588,087
    #9,289Leboeuf3,50488,112
    #9,291Heald3,50388,137
    #9,293Slusser3,50288,163
    #9,297Shamblin3,50188,188

    Who is named Scheel

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

    95% of people named Scheel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Scheels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Heinrich Scheel
      Baltic German architect (1829-1909)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scheel

    Scheel has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scheel come from?
    North German and Dutch surname, from the adjective scheel (“squinting”).
    How common is the surname Scheel?
    3,504 people in the United States had the surname Scheel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,112 Americans. It ranked 9,289th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scheel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scheel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Scheel?
    Heinrich Scheel, Baltic German architect (1829-1909).
    Where is the surname Scheel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scheel in Germany.
    Is the surname Scheel getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,504 in 2010, up 5.1%.