Hinkels Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Hinkels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hinkels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium341:338,13737,845
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Hinkels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hinkels is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hinkels? popularity and diffusion

Hinkels is the 3,274,477th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Hinkels reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 338,137. In Belgium Hinkels is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Belgium this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hinckels931/
Henkels861,464/
Hinkles8688/
Ginkels8625/
Hunkels860/
Ginckels8066/
Henckels8047/
Hinkless803/
Hinckles800/
Inkles77122/
Enkels77109/
Unkels7725/
Inkils778/
Enckels7156/
Henkles716/
Engkels714/
Hincles712/
Jenkels711/
Hemkels711/
Henkelz711/
Enkells711/
Henckles672/
Unkles62210/
Incles62128/
Enkils621/
Unckles5716/
Hencles572/
Henclse571/
Jenkils571/
Jincles571/
Unkless570/
Unckless5310/
Hencless530/
Encls501/

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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 Hinkels
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