The Nebel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,272 people carried this name — #13,413 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 129,900 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,999 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
270 people named Nebel live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Nebel.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 25 people named Nebel live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Nebel 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).
In print
Nebel in American newspapers,
1907–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,874 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nebel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daniel Nebel 1664–1733 · physician -
Christoph Nebel 1690–1769 · Catholic priest -
Wilhelm Bernhard Nebel 1699–1748 · physician -
Daniel Wilhelm Nebel 1735–1805 · physician -
Heinrich Christoph Nebel 1715–1786 · parson
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Charlotte Elisabeth Nebel 1727–1761 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nebel.
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