Bügel Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bügel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bügel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1911:421,49538,230
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Norway71:734,61250,907
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Bugel (1,000) & Búgel (4) are calculated separately.

Bügel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bügel is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Bugel or Búgel. For other potential spellings of Bügel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bügel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bügel is the 980,795th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bügel live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 421,495. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 37 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside and Sweden, where 5 percent reside.

Bügel Last Name Statistics demography

Bügel earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 17.68% more than the national average, earning 407,266 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bugel931,000/
Búgel934/
Bügl8930/
Büel8928/
Bogel80814/
Büsel80224/
Büzel801/
Büchel737,068/
Biegel733,688/
Bugiel731,570/
Boegel73976/
Bogiel73719/
Beugel73302/
Bougel73201/
Bhugel73156/
Buggel73135/
Bughel73130/
Buegel7396/
Buguel7355/
Boggel7348/
Bhogel7325/
Bungel7313/
Buigel7310/
Butgel739/
Budgel732/
Bugell732/
Bogell732/
Buzgel732/
Bugael731/
Boogel731/
Bhigel731/
Büchele672,522/
Budgell671,828/
Bugl67964/
Bogl6773/
Bouguel6735/
Beuguel6726/
Boughel672/
Bürzell671/
Buiguel671/
Bhungel671/
Baughel671/
Buggell671/
Bugelll671/
Bungell670/
Bauguel670/

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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 Bügel
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