Foelkel Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Poland

Foelkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foelkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil571:3,755,690104,031
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Foelkel Last Name Facts

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

Foelkel is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foelkel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Foelkel is the 1,727,723rd most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Foelkel live; 51 percent live in South America and 51 percent live in Luso-South America.

This surname is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 3,755,690. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 91 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 4 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 4 percent reside. Not including Brazil this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 23 percent reside and Poland, where 23 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foelckel931/
Felkel921,892/
Folkel9230/
Foelkl9217/
Voelkel862,644/
Felkiel8633/
Folkell8613/
Fellkel861/
Fyolkel861/
Felkl83698/
Folkl83137/
Voelckel80123/
Fuelkell8017/
Voelkkel801/
Voellkel801/
Voelkell801/
Voelkl77387/
Fölkel7785/
Flekel7727/
Filkel7714/
Velkel775/
Fälkel771/
Főlkel771/
Felkil770/
Felkelová7528/
Fleckel712/
Flekkel711/
Fülkell711/
Vaelkel711/
Filkell710/
Felckil710/
Felklová67137/
Fölkl6797/
Felklova672/
Főlkl672/
Felcl671/
Fulkl671/

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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 Foelkel
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