How common is the surname Goebel?

9,062 people in the United States had the surname Goebel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,070 Americans. It ranked 3,920th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goebel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goebel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goebel?

Timothy Goebel, American figure skater, followed by Carl Christian Traugott Friedemann Goebel.

Where is the surname Goebel most common?

Wikidata records people named Goebel in the United States, the Russian Empire and Brazil.

Is the surname Goebel getting more or less common?

More common. 8,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,062 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Goebel

A surname, carried by 9,062 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goebel is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, a pet form of Godebert, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *god (“good”) + *berht (“bright”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,062 people named Goebel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,070 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,794.

#3,920

rank among US surnames

9,062

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #3,705)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,917	Kovacs	9,072	34,033
#3,918	Davey	9,071	34,037
#3,919	Redden	9,067	34,052
#3,920	Goad	9,062	34,070

Who is named Goebel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Goebel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goebels

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timothy Goebel
American figure skater, born 1980
Carl Christian Traugott Friedemann Goebel
Baltic German pharmacist, botanist, and explorer (1794-1851)
Evandro
Brazilian footballer, born 1986

Notable Goebels come mostly from the United States (1), the Russian Empire (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goebel

Goebel has the Soundex code G140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G140.

Questions

Where does the surname Goebel come from?: From the German surname, a pet form of Godebert, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *god (“good”) + *berht (“bright”).
How common is the surname Goebel?: 9,062 people in the United States had the surname Goebel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,070 Americans. It ranked 3,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goebel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goebel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goebel?: Timothy Goebel, American figure skater, followed by Carl Christian Traugott Friedemann Goebel.
Where is the surname Goebel most common?: Wikidata records people named Goebel in the United States, the Russian Empire and Brazil.
Is the surname Goebel getting more or less common?: More common. 8,794 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,062 in 2010, up 3.0%.