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'''Rangel''' ({{IPA|pt|ʁɐ̃ˈʒɛl}}, {{IPA|es|raŋˈxel}}) is a surname of Portuguese origin.
Rangel is a toponymic surname. The origin of the term is uncertain but [[French language|French]] And [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] roots are discussed, one are from the German "ragin-walt" - a mighty ruler.
Other theory about the origin of surname is the
[[Rang, Doubs|Rang]] a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Doubs]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] [[Regions of France| region]] in eastern [[France]].
Place where the [[Estate (land)|estate]] would have been named after this place in [[Portugal]] with the addition of the suffix EL
The Surname came from the [[Estate (land)|estate]] of “Ronge or Range”, later Rangel, located in Ribeira de Coselhas, [[Coimbra]] [[Portugal]]. It belonged to Gundisalvus and was taken from the [[Moors]], during the siege of [[Coimbra]] in [[1117]] in the [[Christian reconquest]] of the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. The surname is found in [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Germany]], [[France]], [[England]], [[United States]], [[Brazil]], [[Venezuela]], [[Mexico]], [[Russia]], [[East Timor]], and [[Angola]].
In places like [[Mexico]] the surname is strictly linked to the Spanish branch of the surname during colonial ages, in other places are the original Portuguese branch. In [[Rhode Island]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Hawaii]], [[New England]] in general and in [[The United Kingdom]] the surname is closely related to recent Portuguese migrations.
==Notable people with this name==
*[[Ana Maria Rangel]], Brazilian politician; she was the Progressive Republican Party presidential candidate in 2006
*[[Àngel Rangel]], Spanish former football player who played for Swansea City
*[[Revolutionary Left Movement (Venezuela)| Beatrice Rangel]], Venezuelan writer and politician
*[[Carlos Rangel]], Venezuelan writer, liberal, journalist and diplomat.
*[[:es:Carlos Rangel Garbiras| Carlos Rangel Garbiras]], Venezuelan physician and  politician
*[[Charles B. Rangel]], Democratic member of the USA House of Representatives, 1971-2017
*[[David Rangel (footballer, born 1969)|David Rangel]], Mexican football (soccer) player
*[[David Rangel Pastor]], Spanish football player currently playing for CD Castellón
*[[Revolutionary Left Movement (Venezuela)| Domingo Alberto Rangel]], Venezuelan writer, journalist, founder of MIR leftist party
*[[Esdras Rangel]], Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper
*[[:es:Ultimas Noticias|Eleazar Diaz Rangel]], Venezuelan journalist, director of Ultimas Noticias newspaper
*[[Francisco Rangel Gómez]], Venezuelan militar, governor of Bolivar state
*[[Garret Rangel]], American football player
*[[Godofredo Rangel]], Brazilian writer
*[[Gustavo Rangel Briceño]], Venezuelan militar, ex Defense Minister
*[[Henry Rangel Silva]], Venezuelan militar, ex Defense Minister, governor of Trujillo state
*[[Irma Rangel (Texas politician)]], (d. 2003), member of the Texas House of Representatives
*[[José Vicente Rangel]], a Venezuelan leftist politician
*[[José Vicente Rangel Ávalos]], vice minister of Interior, Justice and Peace of Venezuela
*[[Juana Rangel de Cuellar]], the founder of the Colombian city of Cúcuta
*[[Julio César Rangel]], Colombian road cyclist
*[[Leonel Godoy Rangel]], Mexican lawyer, politician and the current governor of Michoacán
*[[Licinio Rangel]] (1936–2002), bishop of the Catholic Church in Campos, Brazil
*[[Loren Ferré Rangel]], trustee of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
*[[:es:Rafael Rangel|Rafael Rangel]], Venezuelan microbiologist
*[[Rafael Rangel Sostmann]], president of Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico
*[[Rubén Rangel]] (born 1977), Venezuelan road cyclist
*[[Víctor Rangel (Mexican footballer)|Víctor Rangel]] Ayala, a Mexican footballer
*[[Arturo Soto Rangel]], Mexican film, television, and stage actor
*[[Beatriz Paredes Rangel]], Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party
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