Knaebel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from a diminutive of Knabe
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/knəɛbəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Knaebel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.2Mas Knabel(measured from records)
- AOAngola≈1 in 89K
- DEGermany≈1 in 360K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Knaebel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 149 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 89K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 named Knabel, est.
Highest-authority source
Angola, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Knabel in US United States, AT Austria, BO Bolivia and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a diminutive of Knabe.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Knaebel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 969K | — | Knabel | 1 |
| AO Angola | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Knaebel | 1 |
| US United States | 289as Knabel | 1 in 1.2M | 303 | Knabel | 149 |
| DE Germany | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 360K | — | Knaebel | 55 |
| FR France | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 428K | 30 | — | 2 |
| AT Austria | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 138K | — | Knabel | 17 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 427K | — | Knabel | 1 |
| SG Singapore | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 363K | — | Knaebel | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 10 | 1 in 1.7M | 10 | Knaebel | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ernest Knaebelb. 1872USAmerican lawyer (1872–1947)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 258 | #79,581 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 253 | #76,029 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 249 | #72,717 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 50 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 42 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 39 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 36 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 36 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 18 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Knaebel mean, and where does it come from?
- from a diminutive of Knabe. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Knaebel?
- A machine transcription gives /knəɛbəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Knaebel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Knabel in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Knaebel?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 10 people named Knaebel in 2007, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
What do you want to know about Knaebel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/knaebelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Knaebel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.