Wrobel Surname

29,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wrobel Surname Definition:

(Polish) One with some real or fancied quality of a sparrow; dweller at the sign of the sparrow.

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Wrobel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,4371:10,8251,365
United States5,8111:62,3757,309
France1,2001:55,3527,341
Poland6301:60,3319,488
Canada5861:62,8767,356
England5741:97,07010,302
Brazil5151:415,67815,790
Australia1911:141,33915,185
Argentina1741:245,65219,922
Israel1471:58,2157,456
Czechia1301:81,79613,702
Norway1041:49,4457,092
Austria921:92,55913,542
Belgium781:147,39320,769
Netherlands701:241,24531,316
Spain581:806,07033,159
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
Sweden551:179,03212,357
Denmark541:104,5329,834
Thailand511:1,385,066192,885
Ireland481:98,1035,309
Scotland351:152,9669,000
Uruguay151:228,78417,372
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Wales41:773,63329,106
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Belize11:355,4743,977
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Jersey11:99,2026,620
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

The alternate forms: Wróbel (326) & Wröbel (58) are calculated separately.

Wrobel (11) may also be a first name.

Wrobel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One with some real or fancied quality of a sparrow; dweller at the sign of the sparrow.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

A Polish surname, the meaning is 'sparrow'.

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Wrobel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wrobel is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Wróbel or Wröbel. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrobel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 29,407th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 399,909 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Wrobel are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 42 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wrobel is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 7,437 people, or 1 in 10,825. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 40 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent are found. Besides Germany Wrobel is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.

Wrobel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wrobel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wrobel surname grew 14,173 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wrobel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wrobel surname are 0.27999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.95% registered with the party.

The amount Wrobel earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.11% less than the national average, earning 269,548 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.99% more than the national average, earning R 256,632 per year; in United States they earn 7.57% more than the national average, earning $46,415 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.15% more than the national average, earning $56,215 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wróbel94326/
Wröbel9458/
Wroubel9250/
Wroobel9229/
Wroebel9218/
Wrobell9216/
Wrobeel922/
Whrobel921/
Wrobuel921/
Wwrobel921/
Wrobl913/
Wrubel832,057/
Vrobel83565/
Wroble83530/
Wrabel83438/
Wrábel8370/
Wrebel8320/
Brobel832/
Wrobil831/
Wrobelová8032/
Wrobelova801/
Vroobel7736/
Wrubell7727/
Vroubel7724/
Wrouble774/
Vrobell773/
Brobehl771/
Wrabell771/
Brobell770/
Wrabl7356/
Wróbl732/
Wrubl731/
Wrábl731/
Wroblová7175/
Wroblova712/
Vrabel672,910/
Vrábel672,397/
Vrubel671,231/
Wruble67391/
Vrobelová67183/
Wrable6764/
Vrúbel6727/
Wróbelová6719/
Vróbel6714/
Vroble6713/
Wrabelová677/
Brubel676/
Wrubelová676/
Vrobelova673/
Broböl671/
Wrubelova671/
Vrebel671/
Brobøl671/
Brábel671/

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