Böhl Surname

264,221st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Böhl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Böhl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,4501:55,5217,198
Hungary201:490,81431,291
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Bőhl (25) are calculated separately.

Böhl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Böhl occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Bőhl. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Böhl? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 264,221st most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,917,372 people. The last name Böhl occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Böhl are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Böhl is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 1,450 people, or 1 in 55,521. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent live. Beside Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bőhl9225/
Böl8682/
Bhl8619/
Bhil75228,403/
Behl7510,477/
Bühl752,534/
Bihl751,962/
Böll751,274/
Bhel751,164/
Wöhl75837/
Vöhl75216/
Böld75100/
Bölt7559/
Bøhl7512/
Båhl757/
Bähl756/
Bhhl752/
Bhlh752/
Byhl752/
Bhyl752/
Bhll751/
Bheel6712,188/
Bhill6712,066/
Bhiel6711,651/
Biehl6710,417/
Bögli671,245/
Boehl671,000/
Bl67869/
Buehl67810/
Baehl67629/
Bhael67542/
Bøhle67175/
Bhell67139/
Böldt6768/
Beehl6711/
Behll679/
Behlh676/
Bhuil676/
Bhgli675/
Bhuel673/
Bhild672/
Bhilt672/
Bhelh672/
Hbyhl671/
Buihl671/
Behlp671/

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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 Böhl
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