Kerwel Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kerwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerwel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1051:766,71957,066
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990

Kerwel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kerwel is most common in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kerwel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerwel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kerwel is the 1,727,723rd most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Kerwel reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 766,719. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 22 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 15 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 14 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and Kosovo, where 1 percent reside.

Kerwel Last Name Statistics demography

Kerwel earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.96% less than the national average, earning R 135,552 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kerwell9294/
Kerwele921/
Kearwele861/
Korwel83492/
Karwel83400/
Kirwel83136/
Krewel8338/
Keruel8335/
Kerwil8311/
Kerhuel77244/
Karwell77135/
Karwehl7762/
Karwiel7759/
Korwiel7753/
Kirwiel7742/
Kerouel7731/
Keruhel7729/
Korwell7715/
Krewell775/
Kerruel772/
Kheruel771/
Kerwill771/
Kerwilt771/
Kherbel771/
Kheerwl771/
Kirwell770/
Kerbl731,024/
Kerrhuel717/
Cherwell710/
Körbel671,104/
Carwel6734/
Corwel6713/
Kirwil678/
Korwil678/
Crewel675/
Koruel672/
Karwil672/
Ceruel672/
Kerbyl671/
Karweł671/
Karuel671/
Karwll671/
Kharwl671/
Kervle671/

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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 Kerwel
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