# Sobel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sobel/  
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) | 3,405 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,548 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,674 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.8% (3,433 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sabol, Sobal, Sobol |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sobel 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sobel in the United States.

## People named Sobel

- Dava Sobel, American writer
- Janet Sobel, American artist (1893-1968)
- Herbert Sobel, American commissioned officer and paratrooper (1912–1987)

## Similar surnames

Sobol, Sabel, Shipley, Sibley, Sevilla, Shively, Spell, Seibel, Sabol, Saville, Savala, Scoville.

## 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.