Explore the Family Name Piehl

The meaning of Piehl

1. North German: variant of Pfeil. 2. German: variant of Biehl 1, 3. 3. Germanized form of Sorbian Pila: from a short form of the personal name Pilip, equivalent to Phillip. 4. Swedish: variant of Pihl.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Piehl ranks 20,697 in terms of popularity in 2010, slightly down from its ranking of 20,618 in 2000. This represents a marginal decrease of 0.38%. However, the number of people with this surname has increased by 7.04%, from 1,194 in 2000 to 1,278 in 2010. The proportion of individuals with the surname Piehl per 100,000 people also decreased slightly from 0.44 to 0.43.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,618	#20,697	-0.38%
Count	1,194	1,278	7.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.44	0.43	-2.27%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Piehl

The ethnicity breakdown shows that as of 2010, the majority of people with the surname Piehl identified as White, making up 95.23% of the Piehl population, though there was a slight decrease of 1.55% from 2000 when it stood at 96.73%. People of Hispanic ethnicity made up 2.11%, showing an increase of 57.46% from 2000. Those identifying with two or more ethnic identities increased significantly by 77.33%, from 0.75% in 2000 to 1.33% in 2010. The data for Asian/Pacific Islander showed a minor presence in 2010 with 0.63%, not existing in 2000. There was no reported Black population or American Indian and Alaskan Native population in either year. All of these figures are based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.73%	95.23%	-1.55%
Hispanic	1.34%	2.11%	57.46%
Two or More Races	0.75%	1.33%	77.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.63%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.75%	0%	0%