Jekels Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Jekels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jekels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2001:270,88926,929
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Jekels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jekels is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jekels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jekels is the 1,140,742nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Jekels live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 270,889. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 79 percent reside, Gauteng, where 8 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent reside. Other than South Africa Jekels occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Latvia, where 0 percent reside.

Jekels Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Jekels earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.96% less than the national average, earning R 194,964 per year and in United States they earn 8.65% less than the national average, earning $39,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jekkels928/
Jiekels921/
Jeckels920/
Ekels91108/
Jeckells86167/
Eckels832,144/
Sekels83144/
Ekkels83104/
Jikels838/
Cekels831/
Jäkels831/
Ekells830/
Ekls802/
Jäckels77385/
Jickels7736/
Seckels7730/
Jikkels7715/
Jikells776/
Seekels775/
Seukels772/
Jeckles771/
Zekiels771/
Giekels771/
Eckells770/
Ekles7374/
Eklås739/
Eckls732/
Ekils731/
Jickells7186/
Jeickles716/
Ekelless711/
Seekeels710/
Eckles673,057/
Equels6798/
Ekless6723/
Sekles6721/
Sikels672/
Eckils671/
Jeucls670/
Jecles670/
Ecklls670/

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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 Jekels
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