Explore the Family Name Aichele

The meaning of Aichele

South German: variant of Eichel. Compare Eiche. Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Klaus, Siegfried.

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How common is the last name Aichele in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Aichele has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 27,694th most common surname, but by 2010 it had moved up to the 26,873rd spot, representing an improvement of approximately 3%. Concurrently, the number of people identified with this surname also increased during this period from 818 to 904, indicating a growth rate of 10.51%. The proportion of people per 100,000 with the surname Aichele saw a marginal increase from 0.3 to 0.31 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,694	#26,873	2.96%
Count	818	904	10.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.31	3.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Aichele

In terms of ethnicity as reported in the Decennial U.S. Census, there's been some interesting shifts for those bearing the surname Aichele between 2000 and 2010. The proportion identifying as White decreased slightly from 95.97% in 2000 to 92.48% in 2010. Meanwhile, individuals identifying with two or more ethnic identities increased from 1.59% to 2.65%, indicating a rise of 66.67%. Those identifying as Hispanic also increased, nearly doubling from 1.34% to 2.54%. Interestingly, while in 2000 no individuals with the surname Aichele identified as Black or Asian/Pacific Islander, by 2010, the census recorded a 1.11% identification as Black and a complete disappearance of Asian/Pacific Islanders. Throughout both years, there were no individuals who identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.97%	92.48%	-3.64%
Two or More Races	1.59%	2.65%	66.67%
Hispanic	1.34%	2.54%	89.55%
Black	0%	1.11%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.61%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%