Künkel Surname
Approximately 1,087 people bear this surname
Künkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,068 | 1:75,380 | 9,543 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
The alternate forms: Kunkel (31,507) are calculated separately.
Künkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Künkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Künkel is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kunkel. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Künkel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 338,461st most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,704,274 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Künkel live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 1,068 people, or 1 in 75,380. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 36 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kunkel | 94 | 31,507 | / |
| Konkel | 83 | 5,572 | / |
| Kinkel | 83 | 2,748 | / |
| Kenkel | 83 | 2,020 | / |
| Künkül | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kynkel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Knkl | 80 | 1 | / |
| Künkelová | 80 | 1 | / |
| Konkiel | 77 | 312 | / |
| Kunckel | 77 | 170 | / |
| Kounkel | 77 | 149 | / |
| Kunkiel | 77 | 111 | / |
| Kuenkel | 77 | 79 | / |
| Kuinkel | 77 | 64 | / |
| Konkell | 77 | 45 | / |
| Konckel | 77 | 31 | / |
| Kunkell | 77 | 16 | / |
| Kinckel | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kinkiel | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kenckel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuhnkel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kenkell | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaunkel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kingkel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kinkell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kinnkel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Keenkel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kenkiel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kienkel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kinkeel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kunkl | 73 | 61 | / |
| Kinkl | 73 | 9 | / |
| Konkl | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kenkl | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kunckell | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kienkiel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Conkel | 67 | 684 | / |
| Kincel | 67 | 620 | / |
| Kunkelová | 67 | 162 | / |
| Kuncel | 67 | 78 | / |
| Cenkel | 67 | 73 | / |
| Cinkel | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kunkelova | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cönkel | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kunkyl | 67 | 7 | / |
| Cunkel | 67 | 6 | / |
| Konkil | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kunkil | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kinkil | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qunkel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kongkl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kemkel | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kimkel | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kenkil | 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 Künkel
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