Weibull is a
Swedish locational surname. The Weibull family share the same roots as the Danish / Norwegian noble family of
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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 Skån ...
, Sweden in the 17th century.
[''Släkten Weibulls Hemsida'']
"Family Weibull Ancestry"
Retrieved on 14 January 2016. The surname Weibull may refer to:
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Curt Weibull (1886–1991), Swedish historian
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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
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Marie Weibull Kornias (born 1954), Swedish politician
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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 ...
(1887–1979), Swedish scientist and mathematician
Other uses
A number of statistical concepts are named after
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 ...
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Exponentiated Weibull distribution
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Poly-Weibull distribution
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Q-Weibull distribution
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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 Re ...
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Weibull fading
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Weibull modulus
References
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Swedish-language surnames
Swedish families