The Sabol surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,250 people carried this name — #7,794 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,104 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sabol surname
From a Slovak or Czech variant of Sobol.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sabol» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Sabol live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 national population registers
76 people named Sabol is counted in Slovenia.
Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.
Counted, by country
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Sabol in American newspapers,
1893–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,187 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Sabol in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.
41 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sabol. The most, 6, date from the 1980s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sabol.
Who carried it
People named Sabol,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nada Sabol 1954–2018 · journalist -
Jozef Sabol 1913–
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Ed Sabol 1916–2015 · actor
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Štefan Sabol 1924–
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Štefan Sabol 1926–1968
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Željko Sabol 1941–1991 · poet
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Sabol,
in the records of 5 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States534 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 252
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 116
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 70
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 38
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Eugene A. SabolBorn 1924 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 at Peoria; packer from La Salle County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Anna SabolArrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Kaiserin A. Victoria from Hamburg, aged 17; house maid. From Kolcza Dolna, Austria.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record George S. SabolU.S. Army veteran. Born 1940, died 1998; buried at Economy Cemetery, Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 534 records for Sabol in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Australia7 records
- Canberra cemetery and marriage records 5
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Ignac SabolHorticulturist of Mildura, Victoria; died 1965.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Paul SabolDied 1993; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Sabrina Anne-Marie SabolDied 1978; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.
ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 7 records for Sabol in Australia.
Counts: ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Netherlands4 records
- Dutch church registers before 1811 2
- Dutch population registers 1
- Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Johannes SabolIn the population register of Westdorpe; manservant, born in Assenede.
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Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Joanna Catharina SabolBaptised in 1759 in Rotterdam.
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Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Anna Theresia SabolBaptised in 1762 in Rotterdam.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 4 records for Sabol in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Canada3 records
- City of Calgary cemetery records 2
- City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Joseph SabolBuried in 1980 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 76.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Andrew SabolBuried in 1972 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Mary Ann SabolBuried in 2000 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
France2 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Matilda SabolBorn 1928 in Podturen (Serbie-et-Monténégro); died 1996 in Cambrai (Nord).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jeanne Marie SabolBorn 1897 in Quimper (Finistère); died 1974 in Paris.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
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Surnames next to Sabol.
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