Kockel Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Kockel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 247 | 1:325,933 | 32,466 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Köckel (1) are calculated separately.
Kockel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kockel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kockel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Köckel. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kockel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 945,594th most widespread family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. Kockel is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Kockel live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 325,933. In Germany Kockel is primarily found in: Saxony, where 28 percent live, Berlin, where 14 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 12 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Kockel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kockel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kockel surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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