Nägel Surname

610,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Nägel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nägel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5031:160,05119,043
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Nagel (100,112) are calculated separately.

Nägel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nägel is most common in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms: Nagel. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nägel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nägel is the 610,848th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nägel reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 503 people, or 1 in 160,051. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 46 percent are found, Hesse, where 27 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nagel93100,112/
Nägl8941/
Nigel803,144/
Negel801,606/
Nogel80530/
Nögel80143/
Nõgel8050/
Nygel803/
Niegel73992/
Nagiel73680/
Neigel73441/
Niggel73413/
Naegel73403/
Gnegel73359/
Noegel73350/
Nagell73328/
Neguel73260/
Nigiel7348/
Naygel7339/
Naagel7333/
Naigel7329/
Niguel7323/
Neugel7322/
Noigel7321/
Naggel7320/
Nigell7315/
Nogell7315/
Nagelė7311/
Neagel737/
Nygell737/
Nhagel732/
Noggel732/
Neggel732/
Nogael732/
Nogiel731/
Neghel731/
Negiel731/
Nyguel731/
Nahgel731/
Hnagel731/
Nageel730/
Negell730/
Nohgel730/
Nagl676,847/
Nigl671,721/
Nogl6733/
Negl6727/
Niegiel675/
Neagele673/
Naigele671/
Ngnegel671/
Naigell671/
Nygl671/
Naegell671/
Niggell670/
Noeggel670/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nägel
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