Ebeling
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname aus ahd
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɛbəɫɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ebeling is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 140K
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 32K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymischer Familienname aus ahd. ebur, altsächs. eur 'Eber'; mit -ing-Bildung und Nebenformen.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ebeling counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #983 | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Ebeling | 134 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Ebeling | 1 |
| US United States | — | 2,382 | 1 in 140K | 2.4K | Ebeling | 255 |
| BR Brazil | — | 518 | 1 in 409K | 518 | — | 1 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 536K | — | Ebeling | 2 |
| JO Jordan | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Ebeling | 1 |
| FI Finland | — | 91 | 1 in 61K | 91 | Ebeling | 12 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Ebeling | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ebeling is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymische Bildung auf -ing; 3263 Träger. Morphologisch: Ableitung zu einem Rufnamen mit -ing.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, aus dem Rufnamen Ebel/Abel?; patronymische -ing-Form, wohl Kurzname zu einem Rufnamen
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, zu ahd./altniederdt. gēr „Speer“, Rufname Ger-; auch Bartling, Eggeling, Bertling
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymisch zu Rufname Eberhard/Eberwin über Kurzform Ebel + -ing; 3263 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname, Kurzform zu Rufname Eberhard/Eberwin.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jean George Ebelingb. 1637DEGerman composer
- Ernst Ebelingb. 1804DEGerman architect (1804–1851)
- Mathilda Ebelingb. 1826SESwedish opera singer
- Hans Ebelingb. 1905AUAustralian cricketer (1905-1980)
- Gerhard Ebelingb. 1912DEGerman theologian (1912–2001)
- Werner Ebelingb. 1913DEGerman officer and Knight's Cross recipient (1913–2008)
- Karola Ebelingb. 1935DEGerman actress
- Richard Ebelingb. 1950USAmerican economist
- Mika Ebelingb. 1964FIFinnish politician, priest and chess player
- LuLu Ebelingb. 1996actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.4K | #11,889 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #12,904 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.3K | #12,808 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 518 | #16,551 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 91 | #13,673 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 56 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ebeling?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɛbəɫɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Ebeling mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname aus ahd.
- In which country does Ebeling have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.2 thousand people named Ebeling in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ebeling.
- How common is the name Ebeling?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,382 people named Ebeling in 2010, about 1 in 140 thousand residents.
- How common is Ebeling compared with other names?
- In Germany, Ebeling is the 983rd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ebelingThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ebeling” — the 983rd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.