The Appel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,938 people carried this name — #4,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (7,934).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 212 people named Appel.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
166 people named Appel live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
143 people named Appel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 234 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 62 people named Appel live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
454 people named Appel are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Appel in American newspapers,
1911–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 103,435 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Appel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Appel d. 1635 · parson
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Wilhelm Appel d. 1860
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Franciszek Augustyn Appel d. 1690 · canon law jurist
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Cornelius Appel 1546–1620 · physician
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Johann Appel 1559–1612 · jurist
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Hanns Appel 1590–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Appel.
- Anziani 252 · U.S. census
- Aoun 783 · U.S. census
- Aparicio 13,437 · U.S. census
- Apel 1,919 · U.S. census
- Apffel 107 · U.S. census
- Apicella 998 · U.S. census
- Appenzeller 614 · U.S. census
- Appert 199 · U.S. census
- Aprahamian 326 · U.S. census
- April 1,327 · U.S. census
- Aprile 628 · U.S. census
- Apruzzese 214 · U.S. census
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