The Debel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 138 people carried this name — #124,548 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 128 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 157 people named Debel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Debel.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Debel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Debel 1540–1610 · university teacher -
Johann Debel 1644– · jurist
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Louis Gilles Eugene Debel 1842–1881 · military personnel
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Etienne Debel 1931–1993 · actor
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Etienne Debel 1931–1993 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Debel.
- Debard 161 · U.S. census
- Debarge 406 · U.S. census
- Debauche 447 · U.S. census
- Debay 208 · U.S. census
- Debeaumont 140 · U.S. census
- Debeer 441 · U.S. census
- Debenedetti 308 · U.S. census
- Debernard 112 · U.S. census
- Debernardi 483 · U.S. census
- Debes 456 · U.S. census
- Debey 166 · U.S. census
- Debias 195 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Debel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.