Find out how popular the last name Vogelpohl is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Vogelpohl.

Vogelpohl, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Vogelpohl surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Vogelpohl in America

Vogelpohl is the 35993rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Vogelpohl surname appeared 623 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Vogelpohl.

We can also compare 2010 data for Vogelpohl to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Vogelpohl

The surname Vogelpohl has its origins in Germany, emerging during the late Middle Ages around the 13th century. It is a compound surname derived from the German words "Vogel," meaning bird, and "Pohl," a variation of the word "Pfuhl," which refers to a small body of stagnant water or a marsh. Therefore, the name Vogelpohl likely referred to someone who resided near a marshland frequented by birds.

The earliest recorded instances of the Vogelpohl surname can be traced back to the regions of Saxony and Silesia in present-day eastern Germany. Historical records from the 14th and 15th centuries mention individuals with variations of the name, such as Vogilpol, Vogelpul, and Vogilpohl, suggesting the gradual evolution of the spelling over time.

One of the earliest known references to the Vogelpohl name comes from a 1436 document from the town of Zittau in Saxony, which mentions a certain Hans Vogelpohl. Additionally, the Vogelpohl surname appears in several church records from the 16th and 17th centuries in the areas around Dresden and Leipzig.

During the 17th century, a notable figure bearing the Vogelpohl surname was Johann Vogelpohl (1622-1698), a German Protestant theologian and author who served as a pastor in the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia. His writings on theological subjects were widely circulated during his lifetime.

Another prominent individual with the Vogelpohl surname was Carl Friedrich Vogelpohl (1799-1869), a German jurist and legal scholar who held positions as a judge and professor of law at the University of Halle. His contributions to the field of civil law and legal theory were highly regarded in 19th-century Germany.

In the 20th century, Max Vogelpohl (1905-1986) was a German architect and urban planner who played a significant role in the reconstruction efforts of several German cities after World War II, including Hamburg and Hanover.

It is worth noting that while the Vogelpohl surname originated in Germany, it has since spread to other parts of the world through emigration, particularly to countries like the United States and Canada, where individuals of German descent may have settled and established roots.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Vogelpohl

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Vogelpohl.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Vogelpohl was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Vogelpohl has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Vogelpohl was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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