Übel Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Übel Surname Definition:

(German), Bad, Side, Sickly. (variant: Unwyn.)

Übel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4451:180,91121,136
Austria141:608,24554,975
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

The alternate forms: Ubel (465) are calculated separately.

Übel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German), Bad, Side, Sickly. (variant: Unwyn.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Übel Last Name Facts

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

Übel is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Ubel. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Übel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 654,010th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Übel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 445 people, or 1 in 180,911. In Germany Übel is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 39 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 31 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent reside. Besides Germany it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ubel92465/
Hübel892,493/
Übl8696/
Hübelt8014/
Hübell807/
Obel755,487/
Hübl751,991/
Ibel75950/
Uebel673,900/
Aubel673,167/
Hubel671,812/
Hobel671,441/
Oubel671,149/
Oebel67613/
Uibel67468/
Hüwel67448/
Gubel67368/
Ibell67303/
Eubel67231/
Obell67223/
Hibel67187/
Ubell67132/
Ibiel6732/
Hübelová6726/
Jibel6714/
Ubeul6711/
Hóbel6710/
Obeel678/
Obiel674/
Ubiel673/
Hűbel672/
Ibael671/
Ibehl671/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Übel
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