Explore the Family Name Zwiebel

The meaning of Zwiebel

1. German: variant of Ziebell. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Zwiebel ‘onion’, a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of onions, or just one of the large number of Jewish artificial names referring to plants. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Eliezer, Chaim, Isidor, Mayer, Naftali, Yitzhak.

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How common is the last name Zwiebel in the United States?

The surname Zwiebel has seen a slight increase in popularity according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it ranked 30,900th with a total count of 711 bearers in the United States. Fast forward ten years to 2010, the surname climbed up the ranks to 29,793rd and saw an increase in bearers to 789. This reflects a growth rate of 3.58% in rank and 10.97% in count over a decade. The proportion of people bearing the Zwiebel surname per 100,000 population also increased by approximately 3.85%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,900	#29,793	3.58%
Count	711	789	10.97%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.27	3.85%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Zwiebel

As for its ethnic identity distribution based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the Zwiebel surname is predominantly associated with individuals who identify as White. In 2000, an overwhelming 98.59% of bearers identified as such. However, this figure slightly dropped to 97.08% in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying with two or more races rose from 0.70% in 2000 to 1.01% in 2010, marking a significant change of 44.29%. The data also shows a new appearance of Hispanic identifiers in 2010 that was previously zero in 2000. Data for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories were either zero or suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.59%	97.08%	-1.53%
Hispanic	0%	1.39%	0%
Two or More Races	0.7%	1.01%	44.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%