Brökel Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brökel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brökel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany861:936,11065,790
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Brokel (104) are calculated separately.

Brökel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brökel is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Brokel. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brökel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,994,173rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brökel reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Brökel is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 936,110. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 65 percent live, Berlin, where 12 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brokel94104/
Bröckel92531/
Brökl915/
Bröckelt867/
Brakel831,605/
Bröckl83435/
Brekel83212/
Brockel77936/
Breukel77519/
Breckel77502/
Brackel77269/
Brakell7747/
Brekkel7745/
Broekel7719/
Brekell7711/
Breekel778/
Brokell776/
Bräckel773/
Brekuel771/
Brokl73301/
Brecl73226/
Brakl7332/
Brekl7324/
Broeckel71612/
Breckell71345/
Brockell71168/
Braeckel71142/
Brackell7168/
Brockiel7113/
Bröklová712/
Braekell711/
Breuckel710/
Brackuel710/
Brockl6764/
Vrokel6738/
Breckl6723/
Bröcklová6723/
Brackl6713/
Brakil671/
Brohkl671/
Brackuell670/

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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 Brökel
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