The Hodel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,094 people carried this name — #22,065 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,520 people named Hodel live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Hodel.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
22 people named Hodel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 30 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 2 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hodel.
- Hoch 7,048 · U.S. census
- Hochard 146 · U.S. census
- Hochstetter 131 · U.S. census
- Hochstrasser 339 · U.S. census
- Hodan 162 · U.S. census
- Hode 115 · U.S. census
- Hodge 50,577 · U.S. census
- Hoebeke 139 · U.S. census
- Hoeffel 245 · U.S. census
- Hoeffler 196 · U.S. census
- Hoehn 3,621 · U.S. census
- Hoel 1,424 · U.S. census
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