Opel Surname
Approximately 4,773 people bear this surname
Opel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,479 | 1:54,432 | 7,070 |
| United States | 1,249 | 1:290,199 | 26,939 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Uganda | 307 | 1:127,164 | 11,840 |
| Kenya | 173 | 1:266,936 | 17,720 |
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| Russia | 91 | 1:1,583,770 | 106,512 |
| Pakistan | 76 | 1:2,350,577 | 21,125 |
| England | 64 | 1:870,595 | 45,570 |
| Poland | 56 | 1:678,728 | 58,421 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1:2,069,213 | 143,711 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 144 | 1:348,741 | 26,729 |
Opel (935) may also be a first name.
Opel Demographics
Average Opel Salary in
United States
$46,452 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Opel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Opel (Marathi: ओपेल, Russian: Опель) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 99,217th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,526,827 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 38 percent of Opel live; 33 percent live in Western Europe and 31 percent live in Germanic Europe. Opel is also the 264,385th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 935 people.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 1,479 people, or 1 in 54,432. In Germany Opel is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 40 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live and Thuringia, where 7 percent live. Besides Germany Opel occurs in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and Bangladesh, where 9 percent live.
Opel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Opel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Opel last name rose 867 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Opel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Opel last name are 8.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.47% being registered with the party.
The amount Opel earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.65% more than the national average, earning $46,452 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.53% less than the national average, earning $47,432 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Opel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Opel in the Marathi language | ||
| ओपेल | opela | - |
| Opel in the Russian language | ||
| Опель | opel | - |
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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 Opel
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