Geibel is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Geibel
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Form of the Gabor. Descendant of Gabor, Hungarian form of Gabriel meaning "God is my strength".

How popular is Geibel?

Geibel is common in Germany, United States.

Geibel is ranked 133768 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Geibel bearers increased by 2.61 per cent in 2010 US census to 1102 since 2000, the surname slipped by 783 spots and ranked at 23153. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.37 98.51
Hispanic or Latino 1.63 0.84
Others 0.64 0
Geibel is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Germany which may be its country of origin too. Around 3366 people have been found who wears Geibel as their family name. Geibel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Geibel:
5,746 Germany1,839
24,953 United States1,368
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
124,004 Brazil45
35,058 Austria27
209,042 France21
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
82,403 Belgium10
159,873 Argentina9
220,704 Canada8

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Jacob Geibel worked as shoemaker and hailed from Germany. 32 years old embarked for USA from London on Eagle and arrived on November 8, 1852. Ludwig Geibel, aged 40, Farmer Fred. Geibel, Johs. Geibel (19) Farmer, Jakob Geibel, aged 20, Farmer Julius Geibel, Farmer Conrad Geibel, 20 years old Georg Geibel, Anna-Cathar. Geibel (34) Farmer, and 77 other Geibel around 42.86% of whom were farmer while others worked as butcher and weaver, merchant, laborer, joiner, carpenter, wheelwright migrated to US from Bremen, Havre and Hamburg.

Geibel Namesakes

  • Emanuel Geibel, German poet and playwright

Geibel Namesakes

  • Emanuel Geibel, German poet and playwright

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