Hirnigel Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greece

Hirnigel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hirnigel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Hirnigel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hirnigel occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hirnigel.

How Common Is The Last Name Hirnigel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hirnigel is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Hirnigel live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Hirnigel is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany Hirnigel is primarily concentrated in: Berlin, where 83 percent live, Bavaria, where 6 percent live and Brandenburg, where 6 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 17 percent live and Austria, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hirnigl9314/
Chernigel8217/
Herrnigel820/
Hernigl8015/
Hernegel750/
Hernichel719/
Chernegil592/
Ernecl5741/
Chernychel561/
Earnesl530/

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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 Hirnigel
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