Eekel Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Eekel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 63 | 1:268,050 | 33,531 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Eekel (14) may also be a first name.
Eekel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eekel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eekel is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Eekel.
How Common Is The Last Name Eekel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,106,139th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Eekel are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 14 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 268,050. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 30 percent live, Utrecht, where 29 percent live and North Holland, where 27 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
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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 Eekel
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