Fouwels Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Fouwels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fouwels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Fouwels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fouwels is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fouwels.

How Common Is The Last Name Fouwels? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Fouwels occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Fouwels live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Fouwels is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 888,799. In The Netherlands Fouwels is primarily concentrated in: Limburg, where 47 percent are found, North Holland, where 37 percent are found and Drenthe, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands Fouwels occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 9 percent are found and Belgium, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fowels9265/
Fowells8639/
Fowls83195/
Fowles776,088/
Fobels770/
Fowless716/
Fowlsch711/
Fowlhes710/
Fawells710/
Fawls6796/
Vowls6739/
Feiweles6712/
Vowles624,895/
Fabels62100/
Fobles624/
Fawles620/
Vowless5729/
Fawless571/
Feibles570/
Faubles570/
Fabls505/

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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
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  • 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 Fouwels
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