How common is the surname Knobel?

1,237 people in the United States had the surname Knobel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. It ranked 21,218th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Knobel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knobel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Knobel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,237 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Knobel

A surname, carried by 1,237 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). Knobel is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,237 people named Knobel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,168.

#21,218

rank among US surnames

1,237

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #20,982)

Who is named Knobel

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

95% of people named Knobel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Knobel

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

Questions

How common is the surname Knobel?: 1,237 people in the United States had the surname Knobel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. It ranked 21,218th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Knobel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Knobel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Knobel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,237 in 2010, up 5.9%.