The Fogel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,973 people carried this name — #6,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,741 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Fogel surname
A male surname from German.
Borrowed from German Vogel.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fogel» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,026 people named Fogel 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
437 people named Fogel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 703 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 200 people named Fogel.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 53 people named Fogel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
247 people named Fogel 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
Fogel in American newspapers,
1910–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,253 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fogel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martin Fogel 1634–1675 · physician -
Horace Fogel 1861–1928 · baseball player -
unknown Fogel d. 1550
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Andrei Fogel 1852–1897 · teacher
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Robert Fogel 1859–1920 · astronomer
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Emil Fogl 1862–1925 · master builder
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fogel.
- Fobert 232 · U.S. census
- Fodor 2,112 · U.S. census
- Foell 564 · U.S. census
- Foeller 270 · U.S. census
- Foerster 2,792 · U.S. census
- Fofana 1,806 · U.S. census
- Foglia 1,079 · U.S. census
- Fohr 232 · U.S. census
- Foisy 943 · U.S. census
- Foix 168 · U.S. census
- Folch 145 · U.S. census
- Folco 139 · U.S. census
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