Büel Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Büel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Büel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Büel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Büel is found in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Büel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Büel is the 3,730,171st most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Büel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Büel reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Büel is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 315,881. In Switzerland Büel is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 38 percent live, Canton of Schaffhausen, where 31 percent live and Canton of Zug, where 23 percent live. Beside Switzerland this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bügel89263/
Buhel67224/
Beuel67198/
Bueil6779/
Beuil6734/
Boeel674/
Búgel674/
Bieyl673/
Bieil671/
Biejl671/

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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 Büel
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