Reidel

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɹaɪdəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Reidel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Reidel.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 560K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 145K
  • ARArgentina1 in 242K

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.

United States (measured from records)

594 people, 2010

Sources
187 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 145K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from German Reidel.

Sources 1

Where in the world(measured from records)

Reidel 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.

Where Reidel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5941 in 560K666Reidel187
DE Germany≈550 est.≈1 in 145K—Reidel60
BR Brazil3321 in 638K332——
AR Argentina1881 in 242K188——
GB United Kingdom≈100 est.≈1 in 629K12Reidel21
SG Singapore≈19 est.≈1 in 335K—Reidel2
DK Denmark171 in 345K17—1
LB Lebanon≈16 est.≈1 in 345K—Reidel1

594 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Reidel is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Reídel

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Reídel

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Reídel

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Israel

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Рейдель, Рейдел, Реидель, Реидел

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

FormalDear Mr Reidel,
InformalHi Reidel,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.

Reference works 3

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 Reidel mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Reidel. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Reidel?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹaɪdəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Reidel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 594 people named Reidel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reidel.
How common is the name Reidel?
In the United States, the national register counted 594 people named Reidel in 2010, about 1 in 560 thousand residents.

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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, “Reidel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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