Piguel Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Piguel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piguel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5111:129,98619,844
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Piguel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Piguel is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Piguel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piguel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Piguel is the 602,749th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 14,150,575 people. The surname Piguel is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Piguel reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most common in France, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 129,986. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Brittany, where 54 percent live, Île-de-France, where 10 percent live and Normandy, where 7 percent live. Besides France Piguel is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pisguel921/
Piguell921/
Pigel9172/
Pigiel83186/
Piegel83165/
Piquel8373/
Paigel8360/
Peguel8312/
Piguil831/
Puigel830/
Peigel830/
Pigell830/
Pigl80135/
Pisquel77177/
Poighel77106/
Picquel7736/
Paigeel771/
Piequel771/
Piegiel771/
Pegel73891/
Piegl7357/
Paigl7322/
Pägel7310/
Piqul734/
Pigil733/
Piglp731/
Pigelova713/
Peegel67184/
Pigieł6738/
Pegiel6727/
Paygel6716/
Pygiel677/
Piglet671/
Pêgiel671/
Pinhgl671/
Pequel671/
Pigwil671/
Puigil670/

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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 Piguel
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