# Robel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/robel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 788 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,822 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 391,809 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (745 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* From Lower Sorbian robel (“sparrow”). Doublet of Wrobel. * From German Röbel, a name related to Robert or otherwise from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi (“renown”) + *balþ (“brave”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Robel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.1% |

## Similar surnames

Roybal, Rubel, Ripley, Ruble, Riffle, Raphael, Rafael, Revell, Ripple, Revilla, Rebello, Ruppel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.