Explore the Family Name Kardel

The meaning of Kardel

1. German: metonymic occupational name for a wool carder, from a diminutive of Karde, the instrument used for combing wool. Karde is also the name of a kind of thistle, which was originally used for this work. 2. German: topographic name from Kardel, Rhineland dialect for a steep hillside path hewn out of the rock. Compare Cardell, Cordell, and Kardell. 3. Possibly also an Americanized form of Slovenian Kardelj (see Kardell 2).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Kardel has seen a slight increase in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 112,967th most common surname in the United States, with 144 people bearing this name. By 2010, the rank had slightly improved to 111,988, and the number of people named Kardel had increased by 9.03% to 157. Despite these changes, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 remained constant at 0.05.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#112,967	#111,988	0.87%
Count	144	157	9.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.05	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kardel

In terms of ethnicity, Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that individuals bearing the surname Kardel predominantly identify as White. In 2000, 95.14% of people with this surname identified as White, a figure which dropped slightly to 93.63% in 2010. Notably, the census saw an emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races from 2000 to 2010, increasing to 3.18%. However, there were no reported individuals with the surname Kardel who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.14%	93.63%	-1.59%
Two or More Races	0%	3.18%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%