Homels Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Homels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Homels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Homels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Homels is most common in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Homels? popularity and diffusion

The last name Homels is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Homels is primarily found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Homels are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Homels is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 50 percent live, Florida, where 25 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 25 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 33 percent live and Finland, where 11 percent live.

Homels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Homels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Homels last name rose 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hommels92197/
Homls910/
Hamels83507/
Hemels83263/
Homles83106/
Ahmels8339/
Gomels8311/
Omelse834/
Omells832/
Hummels77416/
Heemels77344/
Haemels77174/
Hammels7785/
Gommels7749/
Hümmels778/
Omelles772/
Chamels770/
Amels73383/
Umels734/
Emels733/
Hemls732/
Hammelsø719/
Chomlesz714/
Hemmells711/
Ummels671,066/
Amelse67171/
Ameels6778/
Emmels6724/
Amiels6711/
Amuels673/
Jamels672/
Humles672/
Khamls672/
Aumels671/
Gumels671/
Hamils671/
Gomles671/
Ammels670/
Hemles670/

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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
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  • 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 Homels
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