Kegel Surname
Approximately 7,268 people bear this surname
Kegel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,384 | 1:18,363 | 2,401 |
| United States | 1,423 | 1:254,715 | 24,153 |
| Netherlands | 351 | 1:48,112 | 8,228 |
| Poland | 322 | 1:118,040 | 17,629 |
| Denmark | 78 | 1:72,368 | 7,171 |
| Argentina | 75 | 1:569,912 | 40,958 |
| Slovenia | 73 | 1:34,078 | 6,636 |
| Brazil | 71 | 1:3,015,131 | 88,032 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Mexico | 60 | 1:2,068,770 | 19,099 |
| Switzerland | 52 | 1:157,941 | 14,824 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Croatia | 16 | 1:264,288 | 27,725 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 175 | 1:286,964 | 22,992 |
The alternate forms: Kégel (12) are calculated separately.
Kegel (10) may also be a first name.
Kegel Demographics
Average Male Kegel Height
177.8 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kegel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kegel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kegel (Russian: Кегель) is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Kégel. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kegel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 68,346th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,002,689 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Kegel reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name at a global level, held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 4,384 people, or 1 in 18,363. In Germany Kegel is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent are found, Saxony, where 12 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent are found. Other than Germany Kegel is found in 43 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 5 percent are found.
Kegel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kegel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 813 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 525 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kegel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kegel surname are 8.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.24% being registered with the party.
The amount Kegel earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.53% less than the national average, earning 250,817 kr per year; in Peru they earn 234.61% more than the national average, earning S/. 64,865 per year; in South Africa they earn 113.58% more than the national average, earning R 507,552 per year; in United States they earn 10.72% more than the national average, earning $47,773 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.71% more than the national average, earning $52,518 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kegel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kegel in the Russian language | ||
| Кегель | kegel | - |
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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 Kegel
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