Fogel is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fogel
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Dweller at the sign of the bird; one with birdlike characteristics.

The variation of the Vogel. Dweller at the sign of the bird; one with birdlike characteristics.

How popular is Fogel?

Fogel is common in United States, Israel, Russia, Argentina, Poland, Kazakhstan, Germany, France, Canada, Sweden, Brazil, England.

Fogel is ranked 32085 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fogel bearers increased by 4.89 per cent in 2010 US census to 4973 since 2000, the surname slipped by 192 spots and ranked at 6784. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.74 94.73
Hispanic or Latino 3.66 1.9
Others 1.33 1.37
Black 1.07 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0.72
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.19
Fogel is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 16634 people have been found who wears Fogel as their family name. Fogel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fogel:
6,391 United States6,811
467 Israel2,550
10,274 Russia1,775
Countries with hundreds of Fogel:
3,655 Argentina985
6,131 Poland969
4,506 Kazakhstan536
18,178 Germany531
19,541 France518
10,681 Canada375
3,318 Sweden236
42,367 Brazil174
27,358 England141
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,684 Hungary98
11,997 Slovakia86
64,788 Ukraine82
10,974 Kyrgyzstan69
6,298 Uruguay59
22,308 Belarus57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,891 Belgium48
2,127 Luxembourg48
42,958 Australia45
10,849 Moldova41
16,450 Uzbekistan38
6,408 Estonia38
27,245 Austria38
12,990 Serbia32
17,438 Denmark26
3,991 Transnistria21
5,406 Paraguay20
21,660 Finland19
109,033 South Africa19
28,677 Croatia15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,608 Spain10
31,795 Venezuela10
43,480 Mexico10
29,551 Bulgaria9
115,463 Italy8
476,604 Thailand8
34,598 New Zealand8
97,842 Czechia7
94,797 Netherlands7
55,549 Norway6
56,696 Romania6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Louis Fogel worked as farmer and hailed from France. 28 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Tornado and arrived on April 15, 1857. Wilhelm Fogel, aged 26, 22 years old Peter Fogel, Isaac Fogel, aged 40, Georges Fogel (21), Julien Fogel (25) Laborer, Martin Fogel, aged 19, Baltazar Fogel (20) Laborer, Anore Fogel (22) Laborer, Nicolas Fogel, aged Of unknown age, are other Fogel that migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool, Havre & London, Liverpool & Queenstown and Havre & Plymouth.

Fogel Namesakes

  • Daniel Mark Fogel, was President of the University of Vermont
  • Seymour Fogel, American artist whose artistic output included social realist art early
  • David B. Fogel, pioneer in evolutionary computation
  • Robert Fogel, American economic historian and scientist
  • Eric Fogel, American director, writer, animator, producer
  • Lawrence J. Fogel, pioneer
  • Bryan Fogel, Academy Award-winning American film director, producer, author and playwright

Fogel Namesakes

  • Daniel Mark Fogel, was President of the University of Vermont
  • Seymour Fogel, American artist whose artistic output included social realist art early
  • David B. Fogel, pioneer in evolutionary computation
  • Robert Fogel, American economic historian and scientist
  • Eric Fogel, American director, writer, animator, producer
  • Lawrence J. Fogel, pioneer
  • Bryan Fogel, Academy Award-winning American film director, producer, author and playwright

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