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The knobel Surname

knobel Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Swiss German (also Knöbel): from Middle High German knübel, probably a nickname in the sense ‘ankle’. However, the term also denotes a rounded elevation and may therefore also be a topographic name for someone who lived by a knoll. Knöbel is also an archaic word for a servant.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Knobel ‘knot’, ‘node’.
  3. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Yiddish knobl ‘garlic’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of knobel Families in the US in 1920
Number of knobel families
 20-37
 7-19		 1-6
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John Henry Knobel [Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland] mknobel58 13
surname John Knobel 22
Andrew and Katharina Knobel of Odessa, Nebraska raelmer 0
Knoebel family of Baden and Pittsburgh rialta100 0
KNOBEL Norman L _and_ Inez A .JPG t42Bluebonnet 0
Searching Charles Knobel Ron Rodriguez 0
Josephine Elizabeth Knobel Ron Rodriguez 8
William A. & Carrie Adele Powell Knoebel/Knobel LorettaGearhart 0
knobe, knobel,knob Jeff_Everets 0
Smith-Rich cemetery AnnDickerson15 0
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