Explore the Family Name Hymel

The meaning of Hymel

Americanized form of German Immel. It is found mainly in LA. Compare Himel. Some characteristic forenames: French Albon, Octave, Andre, Angelle, Antoine, Dumas, Leonie, Leontine.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hymel saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 13,771st most popular surname, dropping to the 14,713th position in 2010. This represented a change of -6.84 percent. The count of people bearing the name increased slightly from 2,017 in 2000 to 2,019 in 2010, but the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by -9.33 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,771	#14,713	-6.84%
Count	2,017	2,019	0.1%
Proportion per 100k	0.75	0.68	-9.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hymel

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that those bearing the Hymel surname are predominantly white, with percentage representation at 96.13 in the year 2000 and 95.99 in 2010. There's a small increase in the number of people identifying as Hispanic from 1.34 percent in 2000 to 2.13 percent in 2010. Those identifying as black or two or more races decreased during this decade, with the proportion of people identifying as two or more races decreasing by -46.22 percent, and those identifying as black decreasing by -11.24 percent. No individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year, indicating that these groups were either not present or their numbers were suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.13%	95.99%	-0.15%
Hispanic	1.34%	2.13%	58.96%
Black	0.89%	0.79%	-11.24%
Two or More Races	1.19%	0.64%	-46.22%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%