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
Eekels occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eekels? popularity and diffusion
Eekels is the 741,235th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,734,051 people. The surname Eekels is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Eekels reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 49,234. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 69 percent are found, Limburg, where 9 percent are found and North Holland, where 8 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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