How common is the surname Lebel?

2,516 people in the United States had the surname Lebel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. It ranked 12,357th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lebel?

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

Who is the most famous person named Lebel?

Julia Lebel-Arias, Argentine chess player.

Where is the surname Lebel most common?

Wikidata records people named Lebel in France.

Is the surname Lebel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,516 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Lebel

A surname, carried by 2,516 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lebel is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,516 people named Lebel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,310.

#12,357

rank among US surnames

2,516

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,340)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,348	Timmins	2,519	122,567
#12,350	Laubach	2,518	122,615
#12,351	Lobdell	2,517	122,664
#12,357	Desrochers	2,516	122,713
#12,362	Bart	2,515	122,762

Who is named Lebel

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

95% of people named Lebel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lebels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julia Lebel-Arias
Argentine chess player, born 1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lebel

Lebel has the Soundex code L140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L140.

Questions

How common is the surname Lebel?: 2,516 people in the United States had the surname Lebel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. It ranked 12,357th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lebel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lebel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lebel?: Julia Lebel-Arias, Argentine chess player.
Where is the surname Lebel most common?: Wikidata records people named Lebel in France.
Is the surname Lebel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,516 in 2010, up 8.9%.