Rumpel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: tiller (part of the rudder)

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

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

Rumpel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 1M(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 140K
  • PLPoland1 in 168K

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.

Brazil (measured from records)

402 people

Sources
88 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 140K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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)

tiller (part of the rudder)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rumpel 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 Rumpel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil4021 in 527K402——
US United States3821 in 871K432Rumpel74
PL Poland2281 in 168K122Rumpel1
DE Germany≈79 est.≈1 in 1M—Rumpel88
CH Switzerland601 in 140K60Rumpel18
CZ Czechia191 in 563K19——

402 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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)

Rumpel is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Colombia

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Rümpel

  • Polish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, United States

    Languages: Polish, Slovak, Czech

    Also written Rumpeľ

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

    Also written Rümpel

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Finland

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Румпель, Румпел

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Rümpel

26 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)

1850190019502000Franz Rumpel, b. 1858Theodor Rumpel, b. 1862Theodor Rumpel, b. 1897George Rumpel, b. 1901Hubert Rumpel, b. 1922Erich Rumpel, b. 1930Edelwald Rumpel, b. 1940Petr Rumpel, b. 1964Jakub Rumpel, b. 1987

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 Rumpel,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Rumpel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020432#51,968
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—402#20,635
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010382#54,055
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000351#54,880
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026122—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—122#25,571
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026106—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—106#28,226
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202460#16,209
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—19#54,573
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—18#15,940
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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 Rumpel mean, and where does it come from?
tiller (part of the rudder) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Rumpel?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹəmpəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Rumpel have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 402 people named Rumpel, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Rumpel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rumpel is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 140 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Rumpel?
In Brazil, the national register counted 402 people named Rumpel, about 1 in 527 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, “Rumpel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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