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    The surname Weibel

    A surname, carried by 1,817 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W140

    Weibel: #15,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Weibel #15,978, 1,817 people Weibel: #15,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Weibel #15,978, 1,817 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weibel is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, from the noun Weibel (“court usher, bailiff”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,817 people named Weibel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,920 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,857.

    #15,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,817
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,680)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,970Deines1,818169,827
    #15,978Doris1,817169,920
    #15,985Manges1,816170,014

    Who is named Weibel

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

    96% of people named Weibel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Weibels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Peter Weibel
      Austrian artist and theorist (1944–2023)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Weibel

    Weibel has the Soundex code W140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W140.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Weibel come from?
    From the German surname, from the noun Weibel (“court usher, bailiff”).
    How common is the surname Weibel?
    1,817 people in the United States had the surname Weibel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,920 Americans. It ranked 15,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Weibel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Weibel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Weibel?
    Peter Weibel, Austrian artist and theorist (1944–2023).
    Where is the surname Weibel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Weibel in Ukraine.
    Is the surname Weibel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,817 in 2010, down 2.2%.