Bröckel Surname

588,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bröckel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bröckel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5161:156,01818,631
Austria131:655,03358,041
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

The alternate forms: Brockel (936) are calculated separately.

Bröckel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bröckel Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bröckel occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Brockel. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bröckel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 588,441st most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 13,724,192 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bröckel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 516 people, or 1 in 156,018. In Germany Bröckel is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 52 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live. Barring Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brockel95936/
Bröckelt937/
Bröckl92435/
Brökel9288/
Breckel86502/
Brackel86269/
Bräckel863/
Brökl835/
Broeckel80612/
Breckell80345/
Brockell80168/
Braeckel80142/
Brackell8068/
Brockiel8013/
Breuckel800/
Brackuel800/
Brakel771,605/
Brekel77212/
Brokel77104/
Brockl7764/
Breckl7723/
Brackl7713/
Bröcklová7523/
Brackuell750/
Breukel71519/
Brakell7147/
Brekkel7145/
Broeckl7136/
Broekel7119/
Brekell7111/
Breekel718/
Brokell716/
Brekuel711/
Brockyl711/
Breckil710/
Brokl67301/
Brecl67226/
Brakl6732/
Brekl6724/
Breckill6713/
Brockill673/
Bröklová672/
Braekell671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bröckel
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