Kvel Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Kvel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kvel 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
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Kvel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kvel (Russian: Квель) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kvel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kvel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Kvel is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Kvel reside; 46 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 46 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Russia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Saint Petersburg, where 25 percent live, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 13 percent live and Irkutsk Oblast, where 13 percent live. Beside Russia Kvel occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and Ireland, where 8 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
Kvell8959/
Kveil899/
Khvel897/
Kvesel8024/
Kvelle8012/
Kvitel8010/
Kvil7535/
Kvyl754/
Cvel751/
Kvjl751/
Qvel751/
Kväl751/
Kvissel7349/
Kveytel731/
Khvyl67360/
Kvile67170/
Kvill67147/
Qvell6719/
Khvil6715/
Kvilt6715/
Quvel672/
Cvell671/
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Kvel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kvel in the Russian language
Квельkvel-

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kvel
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