Künkel Surname

338,461st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,087 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Künkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Künkel 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
Germany1,0681:75,3809,543
Sweden101:984,67673,605
France51:13,284,544357,392
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

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 carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Kunkel. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Künkel? popularity and diffusion

Künkel is the 338,461st most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,704,274 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Künkel live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Künkel is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 1,068 people, or 1 in 75,380. In Germany Künkel is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 36 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent live. Besides Germany Künkel is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 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
Kunkel9431,507/
Konkel835,572/
Kinkel832,748/
Kenkel832,020/
Künkül831/
Kynkel831/
Knkl801/
Künkelová801/
Konkiel77312/
Kunckel77170/
Kounkel77149/
Kunkiel77111/
Kuenkel7779/
Kuinkel7764/
Konkell7745/
Konckel7731/
Kunkell7716/
Kinckel778/
Kinkiel775/
Kenckel771/
Kuhnkel771/
Kenkell771/
Kaunkel771/
Kingkel771/
Kinkell770/
Kinnkel770/
Keenkel770/
Kenkiel770/
Kienkel770/
Kinkeel770/
Kunkl7361/
Kinkl739/
Konkl734/
Kenkl732/
Kunckell719/
Kienkiel711/
Conkel67684/
Kincel67620/
Kunkelová67162/
Kuncel6778/
Cenkel6773/
Cinkel6745/
Kunkelova6712/
Cönkel677/
Kunkyl677/
Cunkel676/
Konkil674/
Kunkil673/
Kinkil672/
Qunkel671/
Kongkl671/
Kemkel670/
Kimkel670/
Kenkil670/
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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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  • 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Künkel
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