The Waibel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,414 people carried this name — #19,200 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,278 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
373 people named Waibel live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 59 people named Waibel.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Paris.
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.
Who carried it
People named Waibel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Georg Waibel 1828–1908 · mayor -
Johann Georg Waibel 1828–1908 · mayor
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Matthias Waibel 1500–1525 · priest
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Wunibald Waibel 1600–1658 · religious person
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August Waibel 1876–1937 · mayor
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Hermann Waibel 1881–1945 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Waibel.
- Wagenheim 172 · U.S. census
- Wager 3,428 · U.S. census
- Wagner 155,795 · U.S. census
- Wagnon 2,050 · U.S. census
- Wagon 104 · U.S. census
- Wahl 13,253 · U.S. census
- Wajda 940 · U.S. census
- Walas 349 · U.S. census
- Walaszek 273 · U.S. census
- Walbert 762 · U.S. census
- Walch 1,986 · U.S. census
- Walck 1,178 · U.S. census
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