Gwendal Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Gwendal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwendal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gwendal (1,239) may also be a first name.

Gwendal Last Name Facts

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

Gwendal (Marathi: ग्वेन्डल) is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwendal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Gwendal reside; 38 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 224,526th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 1,239 people.

The last name Gwendal is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 67 percent live and Brittany, where 33 percent live. Besides France this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwendall932/
Gwndal921/
Guendal862/
Gwendol860/
Gwendoyl801/
Guindal71288/
Guendol713/
Quendal713/
Cuendal710/
Guendoul671,255/
Kuendahl672/
Quendale670/
Kuehndahl6316/
Guindol5775/
Quindal5723/
Qundhal578/
Guimdal571/
Quendol571/
Quyndale532/
Cuendoul531/
Quynndale501/

Gwendal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gwendal in the Marathi language
ग्वेन्डलgvendala-

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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 Gwendal
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