Mussels Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Mussels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 44 | 1:261,287 | 31,734 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mussels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mussels Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mussels is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mussels? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Mussels live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 261,287. In Belgium Mussels is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Belgium it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and New Zealand, where 2 percent live.
Mussels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mussels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mussels surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mussells | 93 | 41 | / |
| Musels | 92 | 7 | / |
| Muselse | 86 | 1 | / |
| Missels | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muschels | 80 | 1 | / |
| Missells | 80 | 0 | / |
| Misels | 77 | 2 | / |
| Müsels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muls | 73 | 527 | / |
| Miesels | 71 | 8 | / |
| Muchels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moulsse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouls | 67 | 569 | / |
| Muyls | 67 | 60 | / |
| Mulls | 67 | 31 | / |
| Mischels | 67 | 14 | / |
| Moels | 67 | 11 | / |
| Muûls | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mulse | 67 | 8 | / |
| Muils | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mauls | 67 | 6 | / |
| Muuls | 67 | 6 | / |
| Muhls | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mulsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meuzells | 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
- 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 Mussels
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