Kimmels Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kimmels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kimmels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands971:174,09525,153
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kimmels Last Name Facts

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

Kimmels is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kimmels? popularity and diffusion

Kimmels is the 1,828,462nd most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name Kimmels occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kimmels reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Kimmels is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 174,095. In The Netherlands Kimmels is primarily concentrated in: Overijssel, where 52 percent are found, Gelderland, where 26 percent are found and Friesland, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 2 percent are found and Latvia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kummels863/
Kummelås802/
Chimmels801/
Kemmells800/
Kemels7755/
Kimless719/
Kumls671/
Cemels622/
Kumles620/
Cumelles5328/

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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 Kimmels
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