Dekegel Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dekegel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dekegel 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
Belgium2521:45,6227,402
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dekegel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dekegel is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekegel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 996,001st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Dekegel live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Dekegel is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 252 people, or 1 in 45,622. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 69 percent live, Walloon Region, where 21 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

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
de Kegel931,115/
Dekeghel9313/
Dekesel86157/
Dekezel8651/
de Kogel80162/
de Koogel757/
Deguegely751/
Dikgeleu6728/
Dekisiel671/
de Kegel-Huygh671/
Dekeyzil671/
Deichesel631/
Tekgil626/
Dakogl621/
Decigl621/
Tikgelo571/
Taekgil571/
Tekyaygil5014/
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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 Dekegel
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