Meißel Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Meißel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 162 | 1:496,947 | 42,561 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
The alternate forms: Meiel (21) are calculated separately.
Meißel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meißel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meißel occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Meiel. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meißel? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,281,391st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Meißel are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Meißel is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 496,947. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent reside, Bavaria, where 16 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Germany it exists in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Meißel
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