How common is the surname Stengel?

3,856 people in the United States had the surname Stengel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,069 Americans. It ranked 8,534th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stengel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stengel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stengel?

Casey Stengel, American baseball player, coach, and manager (1890–1975), followed by Richard Stengel.

Where is the surname Stengel most common?

Wikidata records people named Stengel in the United States.

Is the surname Stengel getting more or less common?

More common. 3,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,856 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Stengel

A German surname, carried by 3,856 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stengel is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Stengel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,856 people named Stengel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,069 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,077.

#8,534

rank among US surnames

3,856

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+25.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,684)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,527	Drain	3,859	80,007
#8,529	Moretti	3,858	80,027
#8,532	Mannino	3,857	80,048
#8,534	Ludlow	3,856	80,069
#8,536	Louden	3,855	80,090

Who is named Stengel

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

94% of people named Stengel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stengels

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Casey Stengel
American baseball player, coach, and manager (1890–1975)
Richard Stengel
American magazine editor, born 1955
Leni Stengel
American actress (1901-1982)
Katie Lampson
American soccer player, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stengel

Stengel has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stengel come from?: Borrowed from German Stengel.
How common is the surname Stengel?: 3,856 people in the United States had the surname Stengel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,069 Americans. It ranked 8,534th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stengel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stengel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stengel?: Casey Stengel, American baseball player, coach, and manager (1890–1975), followed by Richard Stengel.
Where is the surname Stengel most common?: Wikidata records people named Stengel in the United States.
Is the surname Stengel getting more or less common?: More common. 3,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,856 in 2010, up 25%.