Eekels Surname
Approximately 389 people bear this surname
Eekels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 343 | 1:49,234 | 8,424 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Eekels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eekels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eekels has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eekels? popularity and diffusion
Eekels is the 741,235th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 18,734,051 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Eekels reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 49,234. In The Netherlands Eekels is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 69 percent reside, Limburg, where 9 percent reside and North Holland, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eeckels | 92 | 114 | / |
| Ekels | 91 | 108 | / |
| Eckels | 83 | 2,144 | / |
| Ekkels | 83 | 104 | / |
| Eykels | 83 | 12 | / |
| Eakels | 83 | 10 | / |
| Oekels | 83 | 5 | / |
| Eikels | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eekelz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hekels | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekells | 83 | 0 | / |
| Ekls | 80 | 2 | / |
| Heukels | 77 | 356 | / |
| Heckels | 77 | 137 | / |
| Eickels | 77 | 103 | / |
| Eackels | 77 | 35 | / |
| Eijkels | 77 | 19 | / |
| Huekels | 77 | 18 | / |
| E'Akels | 77 | 5 | / |
| Echkels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eikeles | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eskelse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jiekels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eckells | 77 | 0 | / |
| Heskels | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ikels | 73 | 133 | / |
| Ekles | 73 | 74 | / |
| Eklås | 73 | 9 | / |
| Eckls | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akels | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekils | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ecels | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hueckels | 71 | 2 | / |
| Eackeles | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekelless | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heckells | 71 | 0 | / |
| Okkels | 67 | 380 | / |
| Ackels | 67 | 318 | / |
| Ockels | 67 | 164 | / |
| Equels | 67 | 98 | / |
| Echels | 67 | 67 | / |
| Aikels | 67 | 33 | / |
| Ekless | 67 | 23 | / |
| Hakels | 67 | 20 | / |
| Jikels | 67 | 8 | / |
| Eccels | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hecels | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eckils | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heeklz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ecells | 67 | 0 | / |
| Akeels | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ecklls | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eecles | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Eekels
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