Knöckel Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Knöckel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Knockel (156) are calculated separately.
Knöckel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knöckel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knöckel is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Knockel. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Knöckel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,602,217th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Knöckel live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 2,776,050. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 66 percent reside, Hesse, where 21 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Knöckel
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