Knoebel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1.see Knobel. 2. variant of Knabel (see Knaebel)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈnoʊbəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Knoebel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 49Kas Knobel(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 269Kas Knobel
- LBLebanon≈1 in 412K
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 Knoebel 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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 214 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 412K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700 named Knobel, est.
Highest-authority source
Lebanon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Knobel in US United States, DE Germany, CH Switzerland and 3 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)
1.see Knobel. 2. variant of Knabel (see Knaebel).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Knoebel 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Knobel | 101 |
| US United States | — | 1,237as Knobel | 1 in 269K | 1.2K | Knobel | 214 |
| CH Switzerland | #773 | 1,178as Knobel | 1 in 7.1K | 1.2K | Knobel | 55 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 419K | — | Knoebel | 1 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 219K | — | Knobel | 17 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 175as Knobel | 1 in 99K | 175 | Knobel | 16 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | Knobel | 17 |
| NO Norway | — | 60as Knobel | 1 in 91K | 60 | — | 8 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 412K | — | Knoebel | 1 |
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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Knoebelb. 1802DEGerman opinion journalist and educationist (1802–1871)
- Edward Knobelb. 1839USAmerican botanical and zoological illustrator
- Robert Knoebelb. 1874DECzech painter
- Suzanne Knoebelb. 1926USAmerican cardiologist and academic
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 6 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 759 | #30,701 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 742 | #29,873 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 735 | #33,375 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- How do you pronounce Knoebel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈnoʊbəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Knoebel mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1.see Knobel. 2. variant of Knabel (see Knaebel).
- In which country does Knoebel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 thousand people named Knobel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Knoebel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,237 people named Knobel in 2010, about 1 in 269 thousand residents.
- How common is Knoebel compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Knoebel is the 773rd most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/knoebelThe 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, “Knoebel” — the 773rd most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.