Last Name JOEL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Joel or Johel, a fairly popular name in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	20,234 (2000 US census)	31,769 (1990 US census)

Count	1,224 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

70.59%, or 864 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.27%, or 138 total occurrences, as black,
8.17%, or 100 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.57%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.29%, or 28 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
7.11%, or 87 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Surnames that make great first names

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Ukrainian middle names

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Belarus middle names

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