The Scheibel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 628 people carried this name — #35,764 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 11% from 708 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 185 people named Scheibel.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
50 people named Scheibel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 51 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Scheibel live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 Scheibel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Gottfried Scheibel 1783–1843 · writer -
Jeremias Scheibel 1657–1707 · church musician
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Wilhelm Scheibel 1864–1943
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Wilhelm Scheibel 1874–1943
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Oskar Scheibel 1881–1953 · engineer
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Oskar Scheibel 1881–1953 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scheibel.
- Scheck 1,949 · U.S. census
- Scheer 5,719 · U.S. census
- Scheffel 1,028 · U.S. census
- Scheffer 1,763 · U.S. census
- Scheffler 4,052 · U.S. census
- Schehr 428 · U.S. census
- Scheiber 968 · U.S. census
- Scheid 3,393 · U.S. census
- Scheidecker 376 · U.S. census
- Scheidegger 734 · U.S. census
- Scheider 838 · U.S. census
- Scheidler 997 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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