Goebbels Surname

366,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 982 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Goebbels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goebbels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7441:108,20613,367
Netherlands891:189,74426,758
Belgium791:145,52720,575
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Israel91:950,84857,975
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England61:9,286,343223,652
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
France31:22,140,907385,998
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Goebbels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Goebbels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Goebbels is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goebbels? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 366,882nd most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,421,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Goebbels live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Goebbels is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 744 people, or 1 in 108,206. In Germany Goebbels is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent are found and Berlin, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 9 percent are found and Belgium, where 8 percent are found.

Goebbels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Goebbels has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Goebbels last name increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gouebbels944/
Gobbels93199/
Gebbels93151/
Goubbels881/
Goebbles880/
Gubbels803,599/
Göbbels802,126/
Gobbles803/
Gübbels801/
Gabbels800/
Gubbells751/
Gubbles6727/
Gabbles671/
Göbbelz671/

Search for Another Surname

Goebbels Reference & Research

Gubbels FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goebbels
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis