Hänsel Surname
Approximately 6,869 people bear this surname
Hänsel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,771 | 1:11,890 | 1,518 |
| Austria | 46 | 1:185,118 | 23,639 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Liechtenstein | 9 | 1:4,264 | 487 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Hansel (10,415) & Hansél (2) are calculated separately.
Hänsel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hänsel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hänsel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Hansel or Hansél. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hänsel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hänsel is the 71,829th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,060,933 people. Hänsel is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hänsel are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 6,771 people, or 1 in 11,890. In Germany Hänsel is most frequent in: Saxony, where 38 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Hänsel
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