Cauwels Surname

374,643rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 956 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Cauwels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cauwels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4921:23,3673,679
United States3531:1,026,79675,483
Netherlands1011:167,20024,400
France41:16,605,680368,153
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Cauwels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cauwels is found most frequently in Belgium. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cauwels? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 374,643rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,622,956 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Cauwels reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Cauwels is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 492 people, or 1 in 23,367. In Belgium Cauwels is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent live, Walloon Region, where 3 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent live and The Netherlands, where 11 percent live.

Cauwels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Cauwels are 24.06% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.83% registered to vote for the party.

Cauwels earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.99% less than the national average, earning $41,428 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Couwels86109/
Cauwles861/
Caweles860/
Cawells860/
Cawls830/
Cowels77145/
Cabels773/
Cawles772/
Cubels771/
Cashwells751/
Cubells712,211/
Cowells7138/
Cawiles715/
Cawless711/
Caubles710/
Cabells710/
Cowls67144/
Cabelles6717/
Cubelles6712/
Caswelch674/
Kawls672/
Chawless671/

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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 Cauwels
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