Family name שבאל (Cheval 
, שבאל 
) , in all the world, is quite a common surname. The surname שבאל is habitual in Western Europe, particularly France, where it is quite a rare surname, Luxembourg, and Belgium. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in France, Belgium, and the United States. Very seldom, שבאל is the forename as well as the last name.