Fölkel Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Hungary

Fölkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fölkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany451:1,789,010101,917
Hungary211:467,44230,347
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Főlkel (1) are calculated separately.

Fölkel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fölkel is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Főlkel. For other potential spellings of Fölkel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fölkel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fölkel are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 1,789,010. In Germany Fölkel is mostly concentrated in: Berlin, where 33 percent reside, Bavaria, where 22 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 25 percent reside and Czechia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Főlkel941/
Fölkl9197/
Felkel831,892/
Flekel8327/
Filkel8314/
Fälkel831/
Fölkelová809/
Foelkel77112/
Völckel7752/
Felkiel7733/
Fleckel772/
Flekkel771/
Fellkel771/
Fülkell771/
Fyolkel771/
Filkell770/
Felkl73698/
Flekl7313/
Főlkl732/
Fölklová7122/
Fuelkell7117/
Foelckel711/
Fleckl67256/
Vilkel67111/
Felkelová6728/
Foelkl6717/
Velkel675/
Vylkel674/
Főlkelová674/
Filkil674/
Felkil670/

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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 Fölkel
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