The Hobel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 258 people carried this name — #74,826 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (257).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Hobel.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
32 people named Hobel live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Who carried it
People named Hobel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Augustin Hobel d. 1619 · artisan
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Wolf Hobel 1525–1576 · mathematician
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David Hobel 1550–1599
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Pavel Hobel 1556–1619
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Adolf Heinrich Hobel 1910–1995 · diplomat
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Philip Hobel 1920–2013 · film producer
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hobel.
- Hittler 133 · U.S. census
- Hitz 1,666 · U.S. census
- Ho 49,817 · U.S. census
- Hoang 29,798 · U.S. census
- Hobart 3,129 · U.S. census
- Hobe 147 · U.S. census
- Hoch 6,095 · U.S. census
- Hochard 179 · U.S. census
- Hochstetter 131 · U.S. census
- Hochstrasser 359 · U.S. census
- Hodan 150 · U.S. census
- Hode 107 · U.S. census
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