Furkel Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Furkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 66 | 1:1,219,780 | 78,810 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Furkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Furkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Furkel is most common in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Furkel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,255,512th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Furkel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Furkel reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Furkel is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 1,219,780. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 35 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 30 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furckel | 92 | 16 | / |
| Forkel | 83 | 1,536 | / |
| Firkel | 83 | 52 | / |
| Furcel | 83 | 2 | / |
| Furchel | 77 | 95 | / |
| Forkell | 77 | 91 | / |
| Firkell | 77 | 15 | / |
| Firckel | 77 | 4 | / |
| Furcell | 77 | 3 | / |
| Furcael | 77 | 1 | / |
| Furquel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fierkel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Forkl | 73 | 88 | / |
| Fourcell | 71 | 19 | / |
| Furchell | 71 | 3 | / |
| Virkel | 67 | 35 | / |
| Furcil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forkill | 62 | 0 | / |
| Forquell | 57 | 18 | / |
| Furchill | 57 | 6 | / |
| Feurclet | 57 | 5 | / |
| Fourchil | 57 | 2 | / |
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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 Furkel
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