Hampel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Diminutiv-/Hypokoristikum-Surname with vowel alternation; Bearer count: 3821+5338
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈhæmpəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hampel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 69K
- USUnited States1 in 267K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 222 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Diminutiv-/Hypokoristikum-Surname with vowel alternation; Bearer count: 3821+5338.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hampel 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 | #883 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | listed | Hampel | 142 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Hampel | 1 |
| US United States | — | 1,248 | 1 in 267K | 1.3K | Hampel | 222 |
| PL Poland | — | 1,078 | 1 in 36K | 546 | Hampel | 2 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 69K | — | Hampel | 80 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Hampel | 38 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 221 | 1 in 48K | 224 | — | 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-3 register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end). 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)
Hampel 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, nickname for an awkward person; also from Ambrosius or hag- names
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, from a pet form of the personal name Hampo (see Hampe).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In German, Diminutiv/Hypokoristikum zu einem Rufnamen auf -el; Typ zeigt die Alternanz Hempel vs. Hampel. 3821 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, zu einer Kurzform aus ahd. heim, as. hēm „Heim, Haus“ + b-Anlaut-Zweitglied; Suffix -el; vgl. Morphologie
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Kurzform zu einem Rufnamen mit Hamp-/Hemp-
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
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)
- Desiderius Hampelb. 1895HRAustrian SS member (1895–1981)
- Otto Hermann Hampelb. 1897DEGerman resistance fighter against National Socialism (1897–1943)
- Gunter Hampelb. 1937DEGerman jazz musician (1937–2026)
- Manfred Hampelb. 1942DEGerman politician
- Angela Hampelb. 1956DEGerman painter (born 1956)
- Ulrich Hampelb. 1964DEGerman politician
- Olaf Hampelb. 1965DEGerman bobsledder
- Jarosław Hampelb. 1982PLPolish speedway rider
- Oliver Hampelb. 1985DEGerman footballer
- Noemi HampelGerman sound engineer
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 31 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,090 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #20,879 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,057 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 546 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 546 | #5,961 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 532 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 532 | #5,975 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 224 | #5,290 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 221 | #7,627 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Hampel mean, and where does it come from?
- Diminutiv-/Hypokoristikum-Surname with vowel alternation; Bearer count: 3821+5338. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
- How do you pronounce Hampel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhæmpəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Hampel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.0 thousand people named Hampel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hampel.
- How common is the name Hampel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,248 people named Hampel in 2010, about 1 in 267 thousand residents.
- How common is Hampel compared with other names?
- In Germany, Hampel is the 883rd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hampelThe 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, “Hampel” — the 883rd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.