Gockel Surname
Approximately 4,302 people bear this surname
Gockel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,192 | 1:25,221 | 3,343 |
| United States | 660 | 1:549,180 | 45,430 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Netherlands | 47 | 1:359,302 | 39,900 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 76 | 1:660,772 | 43,333 |
The alternate forms: Göckel (1,000) are calculated separately.
Gockel (10) may also be a first name.
Gockel Demographics
Average Gockel Salary in
United States
$45,463 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gockel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gockel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gockel occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Göckel. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gockel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 108,245th most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,693,990 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Gockel reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 3,192 people, or 1 in 25,221. In Germany Gockel is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 77 percent are found, Hesse, where 8 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent are found. Barring Germany it occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Ghana, where 6 percent are found.
Gockel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gockel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 868 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gockel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gockel are 27.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.23% registered with the political party.
The amount Gockel earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.36% more than the national average, earning $45,463 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning $53,134 CAD per year.
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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 Gockel
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