The Mengel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,271 people carried this name — #13,418 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 129,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,144 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Mengel.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Vosges.
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
30 people named Mengel live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Schaffhausen.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Mengel 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 Liège.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Mengel 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 Misiones.
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 print
Mengel in American newspapers,
1915–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,211 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mengel.
- Meneghin 125 · U.S. census
- Meneghini 211 · U.S. census
- Menendez 11,609 · U.S. census
- Menes 445 · U.S. census
- Menez 539 · U.S. census
- Meng 5,729 · U.S. census
- Menges 1,837 · U.S. census
- Menghini 365 · U.S. census
- Menichetti 100 · U.S. census
- Menichini 132 · U.S. census
- Menicucci 271 · U.S. census
- Menier 253 · U.S. census
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