Weibull is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

locational surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

. The Weibull family share the same roots as the Danish / Norwegian noble family of Falsenbr>
They originated from and were named after the village of Weiböl in Widstedts parish,

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

, but settled in

Skåne Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...

, Sweden in the 17th century.''Släkten Weibulls Hemsida''
"Family Weibull Ancestry"
Retrieved on 14 January 2016. The surname Weibull may refer to: *

Curt Weibull Curt Weibull (19 August 1886 – 10 November 1991) was a Swedish historian, educator and author. Biography Curt Hugo Johannes Weibull was born in Lund, Sweden. He was a member of the noted Swedish Weibull family. He was the son of professo ...

(1886–1991), Swedish historian *

Lauritz Weibull Lauritz Ulrik Absalon Weibull (2 April 1873 – 2 December 1960) was a Swedish professor and historian. Biography He was born in Lund, Sweden, as the son of history professor Martin Weibull and the brother of historian Curt Weibull. He enr ...

(1873–1960), Swedish historian * Marie Weibull Kornias (born 1954), Swedish politician *

Waloddi Weibull Ernst Hjalmar Waloddi Weibull (18 June 1887 – 12 October 1979) was a Swedish civil engineer, materials scientist, and applied mathematician. The Weibull distribution is named after him. Education and career Weibull joined the Swedish Coast Gu ...

(1887–1979), Swedish scientist and mathematician

Other uses

A number of statistical concepts are named after

: * Exponentiated Weibull distribution * Poly-Weibull distribution *

Q-Weibull distribution In statistics, the ''q''-Weibull distribution is a probability distribution that generalizes the Weibull distribution and the Lomax distribution (Pareto Type II). It is one example of a Tsallis distribution. Characterization Probability densit ...

Weibull distribution In probability theory and statistics, the Weibull distribution is a continuous probability distribution. It is named after Swedish mathematician Waloddi Weibull, who described it in detail in 1951, although it was first identified by Maurice Ren ...

* Weibull fading *

Weibull modulus The Weibull modulus is a dimensionless parameter of the Weibull distribution which is used to describe variability in measured material strength of brittle materials. For ceramics and other brittle materials, the maximum stress that a sample can ...

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