Femel Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Femel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Femel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France921:721,98690,334
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Fémel (3) are calculated separately.

Femel (25) may also be a first name.

Femel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Femel (Russian: Фемель) is found most in France. It may also be found as a variant: Fémel. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Femel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,666,404th most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Femel live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 25 people.

The surname is most widespread in France, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 721,986. In France Femel is most common in: Normandy, where 54 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 21 percent reside and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 10 percent reside. Not including France this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fémel933/
Fehmel91235/
Femmel91101/
Fiemel9110/
Femell917/
Femiel911/
Feimel910/
Feml8914/
Foemmel83106/
Faehmel8318/
Foemeel831/
Feemeel831/
Femiell830/
Fesmell830/
Famel80528/
Fomel8073/
Fieml8025/
Femil8014/
Fimel808/
Vemel802/
Fimmel73342/
Fähmel7365/
Voemel7328/
Fahmel7324/
Fimeul7313/
Fömmel739/
Famuel737/
Famiel733/
Fameel733/
Fimuel732/
Fommel732/
Famell732/
Famoel731/
Fhamel731/
Femmil731/
Vemmel731/
Femill730/
Fimell730/
Fomell730/
Fammel730/
Fimmell6721/
Faml671/
Fjml671/
Faymeel671/
Veimael671/
Fimmuel671/
Femmill671/
Fommell670/

Femel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Femel in the Russian language
Фемельfemel-

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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 Femel
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