Kapels Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kapels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1071:752,38756,374
United States671:5,409,835270,257
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Kapels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapels is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kapels is the 1,295,379th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Kapels reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 752,387. In Germany Kapels is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 89 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found and Hamburg, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Kapels Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Kapels last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Kapels earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.94% more than the national average, earning $44,851 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kappels9253/
Kaupels921/
Kapelles8647/
Kopels8379/
Capels8360/
Kaples8335/
Kepels836/
Kappls832/
Kaplse831/
Keppels77183/
Koppels7746/
Kapples7730/
Cappels7716/
Kappils771/
Capells770/
Capelles7145/
Keapples711/
Cappells710/
Caples673,095/
Koples6718/
Kopelz673/
Kopils671/
Capelless671/
Kopyls670/
Keples670/
Coppels6243/
Capples6212/
Capless626/
Kopielz621/
Kepples621/
Keplsch621/
Keiples620/
Caypless5716/
Capilles571/
Caspless570/
Kopylsova531/
Coppelles530/
Coples50103/

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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 Kapels
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