Kegels Surname

392,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 900 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Kegels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kegels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium7351:15,6422,392
Netherlands1381:122,37119,176
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
France61:11,070,454349,096
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
England11:55,718,059489,080
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Kegels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kegels is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kegels click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kegels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kegels is the 392,884th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,097,273 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Kegels live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 735 people, or 1 in 15,642. In Belgium Kegels is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Belgium this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Kegels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kegels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kegels surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kegels Last Name Statistics demography

Kegels earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 15.52% more than the national average, earning $57,395 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keghels9219/
Kiegels921/
Kegls910/
Kagels83256/
Kegles83129/
Kogels8393/
Kesels831/
Kezels830/
Keisels778/
Kiesels770/
Kecls733/
Kejls731/
Cegls731/
Kagls731/
Kogelles714/
Cogels67360/
Kisels6774/
Cegles6735/
Kejles675/
Kejlsø671/
Kesles670/

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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 Kegels
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