Nohlen Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Nohlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 166 | 1:484,973 | 41,888 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Nöhlen (27) & Nohlén (6) are calculated separately.
Nohlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nohlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nohlen is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Nöhlen or Nohlén. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nohlen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,248,410th most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname Nohlen is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Nohlen reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 484,973. In Germany Nohlen is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 79 percent reside, Hamburg, where 11 percent reside and Bavaria, where 4 percent reside. Not including Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 2 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
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- 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
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