Hendel is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hendel
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in the Ardennes and the Moselle, represents German Handel, Händel, Handel. This is a diminutive of Hans, as apheresis Johannes (= John). Forms Handler, Händler, Hendler, Hendeler are generally not diminutives: they correspond to the current German Händler (= store), formed on the Middle High German handeln (= sell).

How popular is Hendel?

Hendel is common in United States.

Hendel is ranked 64944 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hendel bearers increased by 2.61233 per cent in 2010 US census to 982 since 2000, the surname slipped by 735 spots and ranked at 25226. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.87 94.46
Hispanic or Latino 3.16 2.72
Others 1.53 1.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.32 1.15
Hendel is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 7015 people have been found who wears Hendel as their family name. Hendel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
527,030 Indonesia7
615,517 Russia6
31,767 Greece2
147,165 Czech Republic2
23,344 Austria2
53,505 Turkey1
1,819 Laos1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
15,705 Cameroon1
31,207 Ireland1
38,063 Mauritania1
5,467 Haiti1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
29,774 Venezuela1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
45,070 Australia45
26,164 Sweden36
15,412 Denmark34
69,202 Netherlands18
536,142 India13
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,957 Switzerland81
92,589 Brazil79
56,973 South Africa73
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Hendel:
1,983 Israel577
14,152 Poland430
38,971 France257
28,748 Argentina179
23,421 Canada149
Countries with thousands of Hendel:
5,381 Germany1,715
4,021 Algeria1,696
21,590 United States1,469
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Hendel Namesakes

  • Zvi Hendel, Politician
  • Yoaz Hendel, Journalist
  • Zvi Hendel, Politician
  • Nechama Hendel, Singer
  • Paolo Hendel, Actor
  • Nechama Hendel, Singer
  • Tamir Hendelman, Pianist
  • Zvi Hendel, Politician
  • Tamir Hendelman, Pianist
  • Tamir Hendelman, Pianist
  • In 2012, Catherine Hendel portrayed the role of Catherine in comedy movie The Mark.

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