The Hebel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,502 people carried this name — #18,431 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,485 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
1,477 people named Hebel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,758 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 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 98 people named Hebel.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
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
29 people named Hebel live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
32 people named Hebel is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Hebel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Peter Hebel 1760–1826 · writer -
Markus Hebel d. 1664 · stonemason
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Benedikt Hebel 1865–1922 · politician
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Josef Hebel 1894–1972 · bricklayer
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Arthur Hebel 1898–1981 · athletics competitor
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Frieda Hebel 1904–1995 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hebel.
- Haza 131 · U.S. census
- Hazan 819 · U.S. census
- Hazard 4,054 · U.S. census
- Haze 453 · U.S. census
- He 15,363 · U.S. census
- Heard 23,408 · U.S. census
- Heberle 517 · U.S. census
- Hebert 41,275 · U.S. census
- Hebrard 138 · U.S. census
- Hechinger 171 · U.S. census
- Hechler 352 · U.S. census
- Hecht 7,466 · U.S. census
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