How common is the surname Sobel?

3,405 people in the United States had the surname Sobel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,674 Americans. It ranked 9,548th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sobel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sobel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sobel?

Dava Sobel, American writer, followed by Janet Sobel.

Where is the surname Sobel most common?

Wikidata records people named Sobel in the United States.

Is the surname Sobel getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,433 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,405 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Sobel

A surname, carried by 3,405 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sobel is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Ultimately from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,405 people named Sobel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,674 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,433.

#9,548

rank among US surnames

3,405

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,789)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,539	Eddington	3,408	90,594
#9,544	Harsh	3,407	90,621
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674
#9,551	Obando	3,404	90,701
#9,552	Heinemann	3,403	90,727
#9,557	Lampley	3,402	90,754

Who is named Sobel

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

96% of people named Sobel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sobels

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dava Sobel
American writer, born 1947
Janet Sobel
American artist (1893-1968)
Herbert Sobel
American commissioned officer and paratrooper (1912–1987)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sabol
Sobal
Sobol

Surnames that sound like Sobel

Sobel has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

Questions

Where does the surname Sobel come from?: Ultimately from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).
How common is the surname Sobel?: 3,405 people in the United States had the surname Sobel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,674 Americans. It ranked 9,548th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sobel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sobel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sobel?: Dava Sobel, American writer, followed by Janet Sobel.
Where is the surname Sobel most common?: Wikidata records people named Sobel in the United States.
Is the surname Sobel getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,433 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,405 in 2010, down 0.8%.
What are other spellings of Sobel?: Sabol, Sobal and Sobol.