Kählig Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Kählig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 126 | 1:638,932 | 50,304 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Kahlig (420) are calculated separately.
Kählig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kählig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kählig is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kahlig. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kählig? popularity and diffusion
Kählig is the 1,537,949th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kählig live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 638,932. In Germany it is primarily found in: Brandenburg, where 24 percent reside, Bavaria, where 16 percent reside and Berlin, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 5 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahlig | 94 | 420 | / |
| Kholig | 83 | 123 | / |
| Khalig | 83 | 55 | / |
| Köhlig | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kehlig | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kohlig | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khaligh | 77 | 421 | / |
| Kheligh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kaehlig | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khailig | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khaylig | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kalig | 73 | 178 | / |
| Kolig | 73 | 77 | / |
| Kilig | 73 | 39 | / |
| Kelig | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kélig | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kählicke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khaliq | 67 | 229,138 | / |
| Khalik | 67 | 27,361 | / |
| Kholik | 67 | 21,892 | / |
| Kholiq | 67 | 11,994 | / |
| Chilig | 67 | 1,017 | / |
| Keilig | 67 | 566 | / |
| Kahliq | 67 | 474 | / |
| Kislig | 67 | 371 | / |
| Kollig | 67 | 257 | / |
| Kohlik | 67 | 100 | / |
| Kahlik | 67 | 83 | / |
| Khelik | 67 | 83 | / |
| Khilik | 67 | 81 | / |
| Koelig | 67 | 35 | / |
| Chelig | 67 | 24 | / |
| Khiliq | 67 | 23 | / |
| Khaleg | 67 | 15 | / |
| Keulig | 67 | 12 | / |
| Köhlik | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kahlic | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kiligh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kaligh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kielig | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cahlig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koloig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kälike | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kailig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khyliq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khylik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keelig | 67 | 0 | / |
| Keligh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kolieg | 67 | 0 | / |
| Koligg | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kählig
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