The Wrobel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,493 people carried this name — #7,408 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,246 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Wrobel surname
From Polish Wróbel or Lower Sorbian wrobel, both meaning "sparrow".
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wrobel» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
44,869 people named Wrobel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 49,439 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 471 people named Wrobel.
159 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 156 people named Wrobel 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 Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
87 people named Wrobel live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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.
In the Nordic population registers
102 people named Wrobel 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
Wrobel in American newspapers,
1892–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,905 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wrobel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Egon Igor Wrobel 1939– · ceramicist -
Stefan Wrobel 1962– · director -
Ronaldo Wrobel 1968– · writer -
Katrin Wrobel 1977– · actor -
Eduard Wrobel 1851–1931 · mathematician
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Feliks Wrobel 1894–1954 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 38 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wrobel.
- Wourms 191 · U.S. census
- Wouters 412 · U.S. census
- Wozniak 8,526 · U.S. census
- Woznica 126 · U.S. census
- Wozny 1,011 · U.S. census
- Wright 458,980 · U.S. census
- Wroblewski 4,570 · U.S. census
- Wrona 1,415 · U.S. census
- Wronski 777 · U.S. census
- Wu 71,721 · U.S. census
- Wucher 176 · U.S. census
- Wuest 1,713 · U.S. census
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