Knöchel Surname

291,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knöchel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knöchel 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
Germany1,2831:62,7488,056
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:772,59548,648

The alternate forms: Knochel (756) are calculated separately.

Knöchel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knöchel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Knochel. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knöchel? popularity and diffusion

Knöchel is the 291,587th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,554,532 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knöchel reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,283 people, or 1 in 62,748. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 30 percent live, Hesse, where 14 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Barring Germany Knöchel occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 2 percent live and Czechia, where 0 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
Knochel95756/
Knechel86261/
Knachel8688/
Knöchelová822/
Knoechel80178/
Knachell801/
Knochell801/
Knögel7792/
Khnechil671/
Knoechil670/

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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 Knöchel
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