The Goebel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,794 people carried this name — #3,705 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,700 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
161 people named Goebel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 206 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Goebel.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
67 people named Goebel live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Goebel in American newspapers,
1899–1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 86,349 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Goebel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Herman P. Goebel 1853–1930 · judge -
Karl Everhard Goebel 1855–1932 · university teacher -
William Goebel 1856–1900 · lawyer -
Justus Goebel 1860–1919 -
William Goebel 1887–1960 · American football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 212 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Goebel.
- Godino 517 · U.S. census
- Godo 153 · U.S. census
- Godon 157 · U.S. census
- Godoy 8,274 · U.S. census
- Godreau 165 · U.S. census
- Goeb 247 · U.S. census
- Goedert 542 · U.S. census
- Goeller 968 · U.S. census
- Goeman 451 · U.S. census
- Goepfert 663 · U.S. census
- Goergen 860 · U.S. census
- Goerger 165 · U.S. census
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