Kögel Surname

92,584th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kögel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kögel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,0251:16,0212,115
Austria641:133,05418,198
Switzerland431:190,99816,977
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

The alternate forms: Kogel (2,055) & Kõgel (13) are calculated separately.

Kögel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kögel is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Kogel or Kõgel. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kögel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kögel is the 92,584th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,412,315 people. Kögel occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kögel live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Kögel is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 5,025 people, or 1 in 16,021. In Germany Kögel is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 34 percent reside, Bavaria, where 28 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent reside. Beside Germany it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kogel932,055/
Kõgel9313/
Kögl892,165/
Kegel807,268/
Kagel801,617/
Kégel8012/
Kägel809/
Kögelová771/
Koegel731,479/
Keegel73895/
Koggel73411/
Kökgül73121/
Kökgil73101/
Kaegel7367/
Kogiel7328/
Khogel7321/
Kagiel7317/
Khagel739/
Kökgöl739/
Kegiel735/
Kagell734/
Khegel732/
Koëgel731/
Kocgel731/
Kohgel731/
Kegell730/
Kagl671,761/
Kegl67269/
Kogl67250/
Kégl67128/
Kaegael6726/
Köglová6714/
Koegell671/
Kaegell670/
Koggell670/

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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
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  • 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 Kögel
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