The surname Fischel is common in Germany, it is strictly German, this information has been documented by a Fischel that has met an off the boat German. Who had settled in America during the mid 1980s.
Fischel (Yiddish: פֿישל) is the Yiddish-derived form of the Hebrew name Ephraim. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arnold Fischel (1830-1894), Dutch rabbi
- Daniel Fischel (born 1950), American educator
- Eduard Fischel (1826–1863), German publicist
- Harry Fischel (1865-1948), American businessman
- Henry A. Fischel (1913-2008), German-born American educator and writer
- Robert Fischell (born 1929), American physicist