The Vogel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,470 people carried this name — #1,153 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,680 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (30,388).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Vogel surname
(crater): Named after German astrophysicist Hermann Carl Vogel (1841–1907).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vogel» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
6,396 people named Vogel live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,448 people named Vogel.
140 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 2,046 people named Vogel 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
323 people named Vogel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 535 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 90 people named Vogel 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 the Nordic population registers
356 people named Vogel 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
Vogel in American newspapers,
1887–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 167,867 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vogel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Jacob Vogel 1660–1729 · historian -
Matthäus Vogel 1695–1766 · writer -
Johann Carl Christoph Vogel 1795–1862 · writer -
Moritz Vogel 1816–1903 · composer -
Elise Polko 1823–1899 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 129 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vogel.
- Voegeli 668 · U.S. census
- Voegtlin 203 · U.S. census
- Voelkel 1,083 · U.S. census
- Voelker 4,735 · U.S. census
- Voet 324 · U.S. census
- Voge 616 · U.S. census
- Vogelgesang 599 · U.S. census
- Vogler 3,721 · U.S. census
- Vogt 18,061 · U.S. census
- Voigt 7,251 · U.S. census
- Voiland 106 · U.S. census
- Voirin 115 · U.S. census
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