Hagel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: hail (also figuratively)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈhæɡəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hagel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 28K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 66K
- USUnited States1 in 208K
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 Hagel 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
- 231 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 28K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, 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 Haegel in FR France.
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)
hail (also figuratively)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hagel 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 | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 28K | listed | Hagel | 114 |
| US United States | — | 1,602 | 1 in 208K | 1.7K | Hagel | 231 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Hagel | 83 |
| SE Sweden | — | 334 | 1 in 31K | 334 | Hagel | 31 |
| FR France | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 237K | 37 | Haegel | 124 |
| FI Finland | — | 118 | 1 in 47K | 118 | — | 2 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 60K | 15 | Hagel | 4 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #809 | — | — | — | Hagel | 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-6 register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). 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)
Hagel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Familienname aus einer Kurzform eines Rufnamens mit Stamm hag; 1277 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, from Hag; also from mhd. hagel 'hail'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
nickname from hagel ‘hail’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Swedish, hail; a kind of weather
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dum, hail (frozen rain)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Alfred Hagelb. 1885ATAustrian illustrator (1885-1945)
- Otto Hagelb. 1909DEGerman photographer (1909–1973)
- Frank Hagelb. 1933USAmerican artist (born 1933)
- Rolf Hagelb. 1934SESwedish politician
- Chuck Hagelb. 1946USAmerican soldier and politician
- Glenn Hagelb. 1949CACanadian politician
- Kyle Hagelb. 1985CACanadian ice hockey player
- Manuel Hagelb. 1988DEGerman politician
- Brandon Hagelb. 1998CACanadian ice hockey player
- Chantal Hagelb. 1998DEGerman association football 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 30 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.7K | #15,640 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.6K | #17,160 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.6K | #17,559 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 334 | #2,700 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 118 | #11,251 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 40 | — |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 15 | #7,570 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 10 | #10,572 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 4 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Hagel mean, and where does it come from?
- hail (also figuratively) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Hagel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhæɡəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Hagel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named Hagel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hagel.
- How common is the name Hagel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,602 people named Hagel in 2010, about 1 in 208 thousand residents.
- How common is Hagel compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Hagel is the 809th most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hagel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hagelThe 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, “Hagel” — the 809th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.