The Jackel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 463 people carried this name — #46,037 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 10% from 513 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 105 people named Jackel.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Gironde.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Jackel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Jackel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Birgit Jackel 1948– · teacher
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Michael Jackel 1959– · basketball player
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Michael Jackel 1959– · basketball player
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Basil Jackel 1989– · pétanque player
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Thomas Jackel 1995– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jackel.
- Jablonski 7,469 · U.S. census
- Jabri 251 · U.S. census
- Jaccard 151 · U.S. census
- Jach 237 · U.S. census
- Jacinto 6,238 · U.S. census
- Jack 15,256 · U.S. census
- Jackowski 1,422 · U.S. census
- Jackson 708,099 · U.S. census
- Jacky 304 · U.S. census
- Jacob 24,688 · U.S. census
- Jacobe 519 · U.S. census
- Jacobelli 161 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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