Kagel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1. from Kugel. 2. from place name in Potsdam
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkeɪɡəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kagel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In American Samoa it is the 35th most common surname.
- USUnited States1 in 565K(measured from records)
- ASAmerican Samoa≈1 in 3.4K
- DEGermany≈1 in 136K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kagel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 157 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈590 people, est.
Highest-authority source
American Samoa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Kaegel in CD Congo - Kinshasa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. from Kugel. 2. from place name in Potsdam
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kagel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 136K | listed | Kagel | 56 |
| US United States | — | 589 | 1 in 565K | 597 | Kagel | 157 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 296K | — | Kaegel | 1 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 565K | — | Kagel | 2 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 454K | — | Kagel | 25 |
| AR Argentina | — | 81 | 1 in 561K | 81 | — | — |
| AS American Samoa | #35 | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Kagel | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the dfa-band-5 register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kagel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or hooded robes and cloaks, from Low German Kogel, Kagel (from Latin cuculla ‘sphere’).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In German, Personenname; zu mhd. gugel/kugel/kogel 'Kapuze, Kappe' bzw. ggf. zu 'Kugel'/'Kugelspieler'. Bearer count: 668.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Unklar; wohl Herkunftsname zu Kagel (Siedlungsname). 668 Bearer.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mauricio Kagelb. 1931ARArgentine-German composer (1931-2008)
- John Kagelb. 1942USAmerican economist
- Marie Kagelb. 1999DEGerman association football player
- Ela KagelDEActivist from Germany
- Carl KagelUSbasketball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 597 | #35,621 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 589 | #37,735 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 566 | #41,459 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 81 | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kagel mean, and where does it come from?
- 1. from Kugel. 2. from place name in Potsdam Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Kagel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkeɪɡəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kagel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 591 people named Kagel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kagel.
- How common is the name Kagel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 589 people named Kagel in 2010, about 1 in 565 thousand residents.
- How common is Kagel compared with other names?
- In American Samoa, Kagel is the 35th most common surname of 292 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kagel?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kagelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kagel” — the 35th most common surname in American Samoa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.