Handschel Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Handschel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Händschel (1) are calculated separately.
Handschel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Handschel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Handschel occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Händschel. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Handschel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Handschel is the 3,100,440th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Handschel is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Handschel are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany Handschel is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent are found, Thuringia, where 29 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Handschel
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