Zwiebel Surname

255,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,547 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Zwiebel Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) Zwiebel is the German for “onion,” and the names Zwiebel, Zwibel, and Swibel indicated a green grocer.

Zwiebel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9411:385,18533,941
France2361:281,45243,215
Israel1421:60,2657,682
Germany941:856,44161,781
Netherlands601:281,45334,544
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
England121:4,643,172139,951
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Iceland11:380,09011,096
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Zwiebel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) Zwiebel is the German for “onion,” and the names Zwiebel, Zwibel, and Swibel indicated a green grocer.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Zwiebel Last Name Facts

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

Zwiebel is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zwiebel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zwiebel is the 255,091st most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,710,760 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Zwiebel reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 941 people, or 1 in 385,185. In The United States Zwiebel is most frequent in: Ohio, where 22 percent reside, New York, where 19 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also common in France, where 15 percent reside and Israel, where 9 percent reside.

Zwiebel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Zwiebel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zwiebel last name grew 2,689 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Zwiebel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Zwiebel are 27.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80.73% being registered with the party.

The amount Zwiebel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.72% less than the national average, earning R 57,708 per year; in United States they earn 4.1% less than the national average, earning $41,382 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.88% more than the national average, earning $50,121 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zwibel92164/
Zwebel924/
Zweibel86175/
Zviebel86104/
Zwieble865/
Tzwibel861/
Zwiebelová821/
Zuibel771,095/
Cwibel7713/
Zvibel7711/
Zwibil778/
Zweebl771/
Zveibel7113/
Cweibel716/
Zweibil715/
Tzvibel713/
Cwejbel712/
Zviebelová712/
Scwebel711/
Zweibelova711/
Zueibel711/
Chwebel710/
Zuebell710/
Tzveibel674/
Svibel6215/
Zwible6212/
Zviibl627/
Svebel626/
Suebel623/
Juebel622/
Suibel621/
Zbeebl621/
Zveibil5796/
Tsvibel5724/
Zueibil571/
Zbeibil571/
Suibell570/
Tsveybel5310/
Tsveibel535/
Zbjvl501/

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