Grädel Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Grädel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Grädel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland3931:20,8983,346
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gradel (1,536) are calculated separately.

Grädel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Grädel has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may also be rendered as: Gradel. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grädel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 731,961st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,402,894 people. The surname Grädel occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grädel are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is carried by 393 people, or 1 in 20,898. In Switzerland it is most numerous in: Canton of Bern, where 61 percent live, Canton of Aargau, where 9 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 7 percent live. Outside of Switzerland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 0 percent live and Malta, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gradel941,536/
Gredel83397/
Gridel83131/
Grodel83127/
Grydel83105/
Grödel839/
Gredell77190/
Graedel7790/
Gruidel7777/
Graduel7754/
Grodell7747/
Groedel7724/
Griedel7723/
Gradell7718/
Gresdel778/
Gradiel773/
Gridell773/
Grödell772/
Grydell772/
Graddel770/
Gradl733,850/
Grödl7361/
Grodl7349/
Gridl7342/
Griddell711/
Gruidell710/
Gradil67397/
Gruidl67353/
Griedl67114/
Grydil6735/
Greidl6716/
Groedl6712/
Gredil676/
Groidl675/
Grajdl672/
Gridil671/
Groddl671/
Grodil671/
Gridlet6217/
Gradill621/
Grödlová574/
Graydill572/
Grydilová5333/
Groidlová532/
Ghreadgill501/

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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 Grädel
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