Find out how popular the last name Kimbel is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Kimbel.

Kimbel, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Kimbel surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kimbel in America

Kimbel is the 27918th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kimbel surname appeared 859 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Kimbel.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kimbel to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Kimbel

The surname Kimbel is of German origin, derived from the Germanic personal name Kuninbert, which means "bright, brilliant." This name was composed of the elements "kuning," meaning "king," and "berht," meaning "bright." The earliest recorded version of the surname was spelled Kuninbertus in Latin documents dating back to the 8th century.

In the 11th century, the surname Kimbel appeared in various old German records, including the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, where it was spelled Kunibertus. This form of the name was also found in the Chartularium Moguntinum, a collection of charters from the Archdiocese of Mainz, dating back to the 12th century.

The Kimbel surname can be traced back to the town of Kimble in the German state of Hesse, which was first mentioned in historical records in the year 1285. The town's name was derived from the surname Kimbel, indicating that a person with this name was likely among the original settlers or landowners in the area.

One of the earliest documented individuals with the surname Kimbel was Johannes Kimbel, a merchant from the city of Cologne, who was mentioned in a trade document from 1437. Another notable figure was Konrad Kimbel, a Lutheran theologian and reformer who lived from 1495 to 1557 and was a contemporary of Martin Luther.

In the 16th century, the Kimbel surname appeared in the Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis, a collection of historical documents from the Margraviate of Brandenburg. One entry from 1524 mentions a certain Hans Kimbel, who was a landowner in the town of Trebbin.

During the 17th century, the name Kimbel was found in various church records and parish registers across Germany. One notable individual from this period was Johann Kimbel, a composer and organist born in 1643 in the city of Nuremberg.

Another prominent figure was Carl Friedrich Kimbel, a German philosopher and writer who lived from 1776 to 1833. He was a influential thinker during the Romantic era and wrote extensively on aesthetics and the philosophy of art.

In the 19th century, the Kimbel surname was associated with several notable individuals, including Wilhelm Kimbel, a German painter and lithographer who lived from 1808 to 1869, and Ernst Kimbel, a German politician and jurist who served as a member of the Reichstag from 1877 to 1884.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kimbel

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Kimbel.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Kimbel was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Kimbel has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Kimbel was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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