Klügel Surname

495,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Klügel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Klügel Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6321:127,38215,532
Austria101:851,54467,454
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

The alternate forms: Klugel (63) are calculated separately.

Klügel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Klügel is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Klugel. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klügel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 495,028th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Klügel live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Klügel is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 632 people, or 1 in 127,382. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 36 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent live. Not including Germany Klügel is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klugel9463/
Klügl91580/
Kligel8337/
Klogel833/
Kliegel77420/
Kluegel77161/
Klungel77120/
Klugiel774/
Kligl7367/
Klűgl736/
Klogl732/
Klugl731/
Klüglová7122/
Kliegl67530/
Kluegl6724/
Kloegl671/
Clugel670/
Klusel670/
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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 Klügel
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