How common is the surname Knebel?

1,523 people in the United States had the surname Knebel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. It ranked 18,246th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knebel?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Knebel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Knebel?

Fletcher Knebel, American novelist, journalist (1911-1993), followed by John Albert Knebel.

Where is the surname Knebel most common?

Wikidata records people named Knebel in the United States.

Is the surname Knebel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,523 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Knebel

A German surname, carried by 1,523 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Knebel is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Knebel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,523 people named Knebel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,459.

#18,246

rank among US surnames

1,523

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #17,710)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,237	Shisler	1,525	202,456
#18,242	Makris	1,524	202,589
#18,246	Waltrip	1,523	202,722
#18,253	Berberich	1,522	202,855

Who is named Knebel

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

98% of people named Knebel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Knebels

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fletcher Knebel
American novelist, journalist (1911-1993)
John Albert Knebel
American politician, born 1936
Corey Knebel
American professional baseball player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knebel

Knebel has the Soundex code K514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K514.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Knebel come from?: Borrowed from German Knebel.
How common is the surname Knebel?: 1,523 people in the United States had the surname Knebel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. It ranked 18,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knebel?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Knebel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Knebel?: Fletcher Knebel, American novelist, journalist (1911-1993), followed by John Albert Knebel.
Where is the surname Knebel most common?: Wikidata records people named Knebel in the United States.
Is the surname Knebel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,523 in 2010, up 4.4%.