Explore the Family Name Mangels

The meaning of Mangels

North German: patronymic from Mangel. Some characteristic forenames: German Egmont, Frieda, Gerd, Hans, Hermann, Kurt, Otto.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Mangels has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 20,204 in popularity, while in 2010 it had dropped to rank 20,727, marking a minor decline of 2.59%. However, the actual count of people with this surname increased by 4.08% from 1,226 in 2000 to 1,276 in 2010. Despite this increase, the proportion per 100k people decreased by 4.44%, indicating that while the overall population was growing, the relative prevalence of the Mangels surname diminished slightly.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,204	#20,727	-2.59%
Count	1,226	1,276	4.08%
Proportion per 100k	0.45	0.43	-4.44%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mangels

The ethnic identity associated with the Mangels surname has diversified over the decade as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White (96.57% in 2000 and 94.28% in 2010), there is an evident increase in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.22% in 2000 to 2.66% in 2010. There was also a small but significant emergence of Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities associated with the surname, both at 0.71% in 2010 from no reported percentage in 2000. The Asian/Pacific Islander and Two or more races categories also saw incremental growth over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.57%	94.28%	-2.37%
Hispanic	1.22%	2.66%	118.03%
Two or More Races	0.82%	0.86%	4.88%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.73%	0.78%	6.85%
Black	0%	0.71%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.71%	0%