Kühnelt Surname

764,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Kühnelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kühnelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3091:260,53527,919
Austria591:144,32919,392
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Kuhnelt (1) are calculated separately.

Kühnelt Last Name Facts

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

Kühnelt is found most in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms: Kuhnelt. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kühnelt? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 764,765th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. The surname Kühnelt is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kühnelt reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Kühnelt is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 260,535. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent are found, Thuringia, where 25 percent are found and Saxony, where 10 percent are found. Barring Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 16 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuhnelt951/
Kühnel9213,132/
Kühnell8630/
Künel8317/
Kuehnelt8013/
Kuhnel77950/
Kihnel7737/
Kinelt7734/
Kühnöl7711/
Kűhnel778/
Kunelt771/
Kühnelová75202/
Kühnelova751/
Kuehnel71958/
Kuhnell71274/
Kiehnel7154/
Kienelt7149/
Kühnöhl7125/
Kuhnilt710/
Kinel67770/
Kunel67218/
Kuhnl6741/
Künül6736/
Kuehnoel6713/
Kuehnell677/
Kieneldt676/
Künelová671/
Kühnlova671/
Konlt671/
Kunlt670/

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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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  • 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 Kühnelt
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