Strobel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Personenname aus einem persönlichen Merkmal: zu 'strub/struppig' bzw
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈstɹoʊbəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Strobel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 5.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 55K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 19Kas Stroebel
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Strobel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 340 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Stroebel in ZA South Africa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Personenname aus einem persönlichen Merkmal: zu 'strub/struppig' bzw. 'strobel' = borstiges, zerzaustes Haar; kein Berufsname.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Strobel 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 | #369 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Strobel | 183 |
| US United States | — | 6,097 | 1 in 55K | 6.1K | Strobel | 340 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Stroebel | 53 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 283K | — | Strobel | 7 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Strobel | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 308 | 1 in 27K | 308 | Strobel | 23 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Strobel | 44 |
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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)
Strobel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, nach persönlichem Merkmal: aus mhd. strūp/strūben 'struppig, rau emporstehend'.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Übername nach persönlichem Merkmal: struppiges/struppiges Haar, „der Strubbelige“; 12594 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Familienname aus Personenmerkmal: strubbeliges/borstiges Haar; 8780 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
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)
- Pellegrino Strobelb. 1821ARItalian ornithologist, zoologist and naturalist (1821–1895)
- Edward Henry Strobelb. 1855THAmerican diplomat
- Heinrich Strobelb. 1898DEGerman musicologist (1898–1970)
- Käte Strobelb. 1907DEGerman politician (1907–1996)
- Al Strobelb. 1940USAmerican actor (1940–2022)
- Lee Strobelb. 1952USAmerican writer
- Arno Strobelb. 1962DEGerman writer
- Frank Strobelb. 1966DEGerman conductor
- Martin Strobelb. 1986DEGerman handball player
- Alligatoahb. 1989DEnot in their usual nameGerman rapper, singer and producer
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 29 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 6.1K | #5,685 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6K | #5,359 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5.6K | #5,966 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 308 | #4,238 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Strobel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈstɹoʊbəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Strobel mean?
- Recorded meaning: Personenname aus einem persönlichen Merkmal: zu 'strub/struppig' bzw.
- In which country does Strobel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Strobel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled strobel.
- How common is the name Strobel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,097 people named Strobel in 2010, about 1 in 55 thousand residents.
- How common is Strobel compared with other names?
- In Germany, Strobel is the 369th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/strobelThe 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, “Strobel” — the 369th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.