Löchel Surname
Approximately 1,249 people bear this surname
Löchel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,224 | 1:65,772 | 8,421 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
The alternate forms: Lochel (146) are calculated separately.
Löchel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Löchel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Löchel occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Lochel. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Löchel? popularity and diffusion
Löchel is the 303,577th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,834,704 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Löchel are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,224 people, or 1 in 65,772. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 31 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live. Other than Germany it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Löchel
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