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    The surname Robel

    A surname, carried by 788 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R140

    Robel: #29,822 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Robel #29,822, 788 people Robel: #29,822 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Robel #29,822, 788 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Robel is more common than 81.6% of them.

    Origin

    * 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”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 788 people named Robel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 391,809 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 745.

    #29,822
    rank among US surnames
    788
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #29,784)

    Who is named Robel

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

    86% of people named Robel identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Robel

    Robel has the Soundex code R140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R140.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Robel come from?
    * 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”).
    How common is the surname Robel?
    788 people in the United States had the surname Robel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 391,809 Americans. It ranked 29,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Robel?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Robel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Robel getting more or less common?
    More common. 745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 788 in 2010, up 5.8%.