Bürkel Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bürkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bürkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6371:126,38215,428
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Burkel (1,444) are calculated separately.

Bürkel Last Name Facts

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

Bürkel is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Burkel. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bürkel.

How Common Is The Last Name Bürkel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bürkel is the 503,100th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bürkel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Bürkel is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 637 people, or 1 in 126,382. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 44 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 39 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Germany Bürkel is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 2 percent reside and Finland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burkel941,444/
Bürckel9281/
Bürkl91103/
Borkel8318/
Burckel771,677/
Burkell77180/
Bourkel77131/
Buerkel77126/
Bierkel770/
Baurkel770/
Burkelt770/
Burkl73259/
Boerckel71219/
Bourckel7140/
Burckell7117/
Buerckel712/
Workel67299/
Vorkel6771/
Burcel6745/
Virkel6735/
Burkelova6715/
Buerkl679/
Wirkel674/
Burckl671/
Burkil671/
Burgkiehl670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bürkel
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