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
The last name Opel (Marathi: ओपेल, Russian: Опель) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Opel is the 99,217th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,526,827 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 38 percent of Opel reside; 33 percent reside in Western Europe and 31 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 264,385th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 935 people.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 1,479 people, or 1 in 54,432. In Germany Opel is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 40 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent reside and Thuringia, where 7 percent reside. Other than Germany it occurs in 55 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 9 percent reside.
Opel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Opel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Opel last name rose 867 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Opel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Opel surname are 8.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.47% registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Opel
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