Fähmel Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fähmel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fähmel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany541:1,490,84290,195
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311

The alternate forms: Fahmel (24) are calculated separately.

Fähmel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fähmel occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Fahmel. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fähmel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,372,517th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fähmel reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 1,490,842. In Germany Fähmel is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 63 percent reside, Berlin, where 19 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Fähmel occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fahmel9424/
Fehmel83235/
Fhamel831/
Faehmel7718/
Famel73528/
Femel73119/
Fomel7373/
Fimel738/
Fémel733/
Fahml732/
Fahamuel7162/
Fimmel67342/
Femmel67101/
Fahmil6760/
Fimeul6713/
Fiemel6710/
Fömmel679/
Femell677/
Famuel677/
Famiel673/
Fameel673/
Fommel672/
Famell672/
Fimuel672/
Famoel671/
Femiel671/
Fammel670/
Fomell670/
Fimell670/
Feimel670/

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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 Fähmel
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