Nachtegael Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Nachtegael Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 158 | 1:72,764 | 11,604 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Nachtegael Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nachtegael Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nachtegael is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nachtegael.
How Common Is The Last Name Nachtegael? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,095,216th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname Nachtegael is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nachtegael reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 72,764. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Belgium it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent live and The Netherlands, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nachtegaele | 95 | 215 | / |
| Nachtegaal | 90 | 230 | / |
| Nachtegall | 90 | 33 | / |
| Nachtegale | 90 | 6 | / |
| Nachtgal | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nactegal | 89 | 0 | / |
| Nachtigal | 84 | 1,619 | / |
| Nachtygal | 84 | 128 | / |
| Nachtigel | 84 | 4 | / |
| Nagtegael | 84 | 2 | / |
| Nactegale | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nachtygel | 84 | 1 | / |
| Nachtigall | 80 | 4,706 | / |
| Nachtigahl | 80 | 30 | / |
| Nachtigaal | 80 | 11 | / |
| Nagtegaele | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nachtigail | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nachtygiel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nachtigali | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naghtegaal | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nachtigalh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nachtigale | 80 | 0 | / |
| Nagtegal | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nagtegaal | 74 | 2,669 | / |
| Nakhtigal | 74 | 282 | / |
| Nakhtygal | 74 | 30 | / |
| Nachtigál | 74 | 13 | / |
| Nachtical | 74 | 3 | / |
| Nchtigall | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nagtegall | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nachtiqal | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nochtigal | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nachtigalova | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nacgtigall | 70 | 1 | / |
| Nachdigall | 70 | 1 | / |
| Nachticall | 70 | 0 | / |
| Knecht-Egli | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Nachtegael
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