Rebel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A person who resists an established authority, often violently

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Rebel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 71K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 641K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,000 people, est.

Sources
195 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rebel 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.

Where Rebel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India≈2,000 est.≈1 in 667K4Rebel27
NL Netherlands1,3061 in 13K1.3KRebel51
DE Germany≈1,100 est.≈1 in 71K—Rebel78
US United States5191 in 641K942Rebel195
FR France≈520 est.≈1 in 131K62—2
SG Singapore≈42 est.≈1 in 148K—Rebel8
EE Estonia≈14 est.≈1 in 88K33—6

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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); the in-instate-surnames-bystate register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the ee-stat-nimed register. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rebel is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Netherlands, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Rëbēl, Ŕèbèĺ, Rèbèl, Rëbël, Rèbèĺ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rébel

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Netherlands

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Rébél

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rebel is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, the rebellious one

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  • In enm, A sinner (as one who rebels against a deity)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, rebel, insurgent

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, REBÉL, -Ă, rebeli, -e, adj. (Despre oameni; adesea substantivat) Care ia parte activă la o rebeliune, care îndeamnă la rebeliune; răzvrătit. ♦ Nesupus, recalcitrant. ♦ Care arată nesupunere, care exprimă revoltă. ♦ Fig. (Despre păr) Care nu se așază, nu stă pieptănat. ♦ Fig. (Despre boli) Care are aspect acut, care cedează greu la tratamentul medical, care se vindecă greu.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Jean-Féry Rebel, b. 1666François Rebel, b. 1701Hans Rebel, b. 1861Bernard Rebel, b. 1901Art Rebel, b. 1914Henk Rebel, b. 1937Johnny Rebel, b. 1938Lise-Lotte Rebel, b. 1951Benny Rebel, b. 1968Ariel Rebel, b. 1985

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 39 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Rebel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20071.3K#1,209
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020596#39,767
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000586#36,129
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010519#41,886
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196179—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199162—
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—33#3,212
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—23#4,700
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—4#31,618
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Rebel mean, and where does it come from?
A person who resists an established authority, often violently. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How common is the name Rebel?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,306 people named Rebel in 2007, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
What are other forms of the name Rebel?
In the etymology graph, Reb is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Rebel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Rebel in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rebel.
Where is Rebel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Rebel is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 13 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

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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, “Rebel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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