Couwelaers Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Couwelaers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Couwelaers Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Couwelaers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Couwelaers is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Couwelaers? popularity and diffusion

Couwelaers is the 3,432,070th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Couwelaers live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Couwelaers is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Other than Germany Couwelaers exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 39 percent reside and Thailand, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Couweleers90105/
Cauwelaers9036/
Coveliers74407/
Cuveliers7415/
Couvillers70350/
Covelliers701/
Couvilliers672/
Covillers63277/
Cuvillers6337/
Cavelaars6330/
Caveliers6319/
Cuvilliers60177/
Covilliers601/
Kavelaars53291/
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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 Couwelaers
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