Couwels Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Couwels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Couwels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium951:121,01717,762
United States131:27,881,456736,413
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415

Couwels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Couwels is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Couwels? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,755,741st most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Couwels live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 121,017. In Belgium Couwels is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found and El Salvador, where 1 percent are found.

Couwels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Couwels surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Couwels earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.47% less than the national average, earning $27,844 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cowels92145/
Cauwels86956/
Cowells8638/
Coweles862/
Cowls83144/
Cowles7710,566/
Cubels771/
Cowils770/
Chowls770/
Kowels770/
Cubells712,211/
Chowles71520/
Coubles7111/
Cowless7110/
Cauwles711/
Caweles710/
Cowlles710/
Cawells710/
Sowls6752/
Cubelles6712/
Jowls670/
Cawls670/
Cowgills670/
Covls670/
Cobls670/

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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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  • 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 Couwels
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