Nancel Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Nancel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nancel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France921:721,98690,334
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nancel (83) may also be a first name.

Nancel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nancel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nancel is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nancel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nancel is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. Nancel is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Nancel are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Nancel is also the 1,052,971st most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 83 people.

It is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 721,986. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 74 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 12 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account France Nancel occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nanchel922/
Nancl911/
Nansel83834/
Nangel8390/
Nanzel833/
Nankel831/
Naansel7722/
Nanzell776/
Nangkel774/
Nansell773/
Nanquel773/
Nancill773/
Nandjel772/
Nangell771/
Nandzel771/
Noncl732/
Neinchel719/
Neangell711/
Nankil67142/
Nangil6770/
Nonkel6733/
Namgel6716/
Noncil6713/
Namsel675/
Nansil675/
Nanjil673/
Nongel672/
Nanzil672/
Naitingel671/

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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 Nancel
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