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Family name Eckel (Ekel , Eckel , אקל ) , throughout the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Eckel is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, Austria, and the United States, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Germany, the United States, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Eckel is the forename as well as the last name.