The Mandel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,703 people carried this name — #5,212 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,532 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 221 people named Mandel.
42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 186 people named Mandel 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
161 people named Mandel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 243 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 50 people named Mandel 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Mandel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
24 people named Mandel is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Mandel in American newspapers,
1902–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,251 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mandel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eduard Mandel 1810–1882 · printmaker -
Pál Mandel 1839–1908 · politician -
Bartholomäus Mandel 1531–1582 · theologian
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Friedrich Wilhelm Mandel 1821–1877 · mayor
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Leon Mandel 1823–1899 · banker
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Simon Mandel 1836–1912
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mandel.
- Mancinelli 957 · U.S. census
- Mancini 11,382 · U.S. census
- Mancino 1,578 · U.S. census
- Manco 690 · U.S. census
- Mancuso 9,711 · U.S. census
- Mande 210 · U.S. census
- Mandelbaum 1,241 · U.S. census
- Mander 543 · U.S. census
- Mandeville 2,737 · U.S. census
- Mandra 193 · U.S. census
- Mandy 532 · U.S. census
- Mane 563 · U.S. census
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