Explore the Family Name Boeckel

The meaning of Boeckel

1. German (Böckel) and Dutch (Van Boeckel): habitational name from any of several places called Böckel, in the Rhineland, Westphalia, and Lower Saxony, or from the villages of Boekel in North Holland and North Brabant. 2. German (Böckel): nickname from a diminutive of Middle High German boc ‘buck, ram’. Compare Beckel. Some characteristic forenames: German Manfred, Eberhard, Otto.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Boeckel has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Boeckel was ranked 51,945 in terms of surname popularity in the United States. By 2010, it had dropped to rank 53,419, a change of -2.84%. Despite the decrease in rank, the actual count of people with the Boeckel surname increased during this period from 376 in 2000 to 387 in 2010, a growth of 2.93%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,945	#53,419	-2.84%
Count	376	387	2.93%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Boeckel

Turning to ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the surname Boeckel is predominantly associated with those identifying as White. In 2000, 98.94% of individuals with the Boeckel surname identified as White, which slightly decreased to 97.16% in 2010. During the same period, the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic increased to 1.55%, up from 0% in 2000. Other ethnicities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, those identifying with two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either negligible or suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.94%	97.16%	-1.8%
Hispanic	0%	1.55%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%