Piehl Surname

103,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Piehl Surname Definition:

Place name in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Hence also Buhl, a hill. Compare Kitzbuhl (Ski-ing resort).

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Piehl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,3571:34,1564,508
United States1,7461:207,59420,334
Sweden1091:90,3376,599
Canada891:413,99536,402
Argentina501:854,86855,754
Finland281:196,31116,703
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
England261:2,143,00282,017
Poland241:1,583,69889,279
Hungary161:613,51735,830
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Namibia31:803,13415,170
France21:33,211,361423,184
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1421:353,65327,017

Piehl Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Place name in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Hence also Buhl, a hill. Compare Kitzbuhl (Ski-ing resort).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) Dweller at, or near, a hill.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Piehl means 'arrow'. The surname was generally given to archers, people who made arrows, or people who were 'as skinny as an arrow'.

- mispoonis2big

Piehl Last Name Facts

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

Piehl occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piehl? popularity and diffusion

Piehl is the 103,745th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,609,085 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Piehl reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Piehl is most common in Germany, where it is held by 2,357 people, or 1 in 34,156. In Germany Piehl is mostly found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 21 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 15 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.

Piehl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Piehl has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,230 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Piehl Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Piehl last name are 15.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.2% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Piehl earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 118.33% more than the national average, earning R 518,832 per year; in United States they earn 3.45% more than the national average, earning $44,639 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.1% less than the national average, earning $48,141 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfiehl910/
Piel8912,405/
Pihl896,580/
Pehl892,521/
Poehl80470/
Pfiel80261/
Piell80148/
Pfihl8060/
Paehl8025/
Puehl8023/
Peehl8017/
Peuhl807/
Pfehl800/
Pehll800/
Pel755,323/
Pil754,566/
Phl7560/
Ppehll731/
Peel6724,321/
Pell6712,923/
Pael674,158/
Piol674,032/
Pelt673,721/
Puel673,449/
Poel673,332/
Pill673,254/
Pijl671,597/
Pöhl671,169/
Pesl67636/
Puil67546/
Pleh67499/
Pühl67449/
Pilt67449/
Peul67253/
Peld67184/
Pilh6765/
Pelh6745/
Pild6736/
Pfel6727/
Pisl6722/
Pehlová6720/
Piël6715/
Pelp678/
Pøhl677/
Pähl677/
Pilp673/
Bpil672/
Ppil672/
Phll672/
Pilø672/
Hphl671/
Bpel671/
Pyhl671/
Pőhl671/
Pilț671/
Ppel671/
Pfhl670/
Pfil670/

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