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    The surname Weikel

    A German surname, carried by 2,578 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W240

    Weikel: #12,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Weikel #12,089, 2,578 people Weikel: #12,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Weikel #12,089, 2,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weikel is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from France Weikel, a variant of Weigel.

    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 2,578 people named Weikel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,762 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,698.

    #12,089
    rank among US surnames
    2,578
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #10,843)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,082Fujimoto2,580119,669
    #12,083Marple2,579119,715
    #12,089Huffer2,578119,762
    #12,095Sommerville2,577119,808

    Who is named Weikel

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

    96% of people named Weikel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Wikle

    Surnames that sound like Weikel

    Weikel has the Soundex code W240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W240.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Weikel come from?
    Borrowed from France Weikel, a variant of Weigel.
    How common is the surname Weikel?
    2,578 people in the United States had the surname Weikel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,762 Americans. It ranked 12,089th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Weikel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weikel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Weikel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,578 in 2010, down 4.4%.
    What are other spellings of Weikel?
    Wikle.