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    The surname Wrobel

    A surname, carried by 4,493 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W614

    Wrobel: #7,408 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wrobel #7,408, 4,493 people Wrobel: #7,408 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wrobel #7,408, 4,493 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wrobel is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Polish Wróbel or Lower Sorbian wrobel, both meaning "sparrow". Doublet of Robel and Vorobei.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,493 people named Wrobel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,717 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,246.

    #7,408
    rank among US surnames
    4,493
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,245)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,402Valley4,49768,656
    #7,404Edmiston4,49568,686
    #7,406Roof4,49468,702
    #7,408Zou4,49368,717
    #7,411Grullon4,49268,732
    #7,413Bonney4,49168,748

    Who is named Wrobel

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

    97% of people named Wrobel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wrobel

    Wrobel has the Soundex code W614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W614.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wrobel come from?
    From Polish Wróbel or Lower Sorbian wrobel, both meaning "sparrow". Doublet of Robel and Vorobei.
    How common is the surname Wrobel?
    4,493 people in the United States had the surname Wrobel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,717 Americans. It ranked 7,408th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wrobel?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wrobel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wrobel getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,493 in 2010, up 5.8%.