The Zabel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,722 people carried this name — #8,204 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
202 people named Zabel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 237 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 153 people named Zabel.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Zabel live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zabel.
- Yriarte 120 · U.S. census
- Yu 36,285 · U.S. census
- Yuksel 125 · U.S. census
- Yung 4,272 · U.S. census
- Yvon 194 · U.S. census
- Zabala 3,498 · U.S. census
- Zaborowski 1,401 · U.S. census
- Zaccaria 818 · U.S. census
- Zaccaro 562 · U.S. census
- Zacharias 3,469 · U.S. census
- Zacharie 206 · U.S. census
- Zachary 6,428 · U.S. census
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