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The surname Nebel

A surname, carried by 2,272 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N140

Nebel: #13,413 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nebel #13,413, 2,272 people Nebel: #13,413 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nebel #13,413, 2,272 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nebel is more common than 91.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,272 people named Nebel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,892 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,999.

#13,413
rank among US surnames
2,272
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+13.7%
change since 2000 (was #13,863)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,407Brendel2,273135,832
#13,413Weingarten2,272135,892
#13,418Presson2,271135,951

Who is named Nebel

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

93% of people named Nebel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nebel

Nebel has the Soundex code N140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N140.

Questions

How common is the surname Nebel?
2,272 people in the United States had the surname Nebel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,892 Americans. It ranked 13,413th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nebel?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Nebel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nebel getting more or less common?
More common. 1,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,272 in 2010, up 14%.