Prachtel Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Prachtel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prachtel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
Austria471:181,17923,261
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Prächtel (7) are calculated separately.

Prachtel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prachtel has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant: Prächtel. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prachtel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,589,322nd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Prachtel live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Prachtel is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 1,133,880. In Germany it is primarily found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 69 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent reside and Berlin, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Germany Prachtel occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 37 percent reside and Poland, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prächtel967/
Praechtel9412/
Prachtl9322/
Prahtel9318/
Prechtel881,026/
Praechtl887/
Pröchtel886/
Pratel86163/
Prechtell824/
Praschtil821/
Preahstel820/
Prechtl804,085/
Prächtl804/
Praitel801/
Praytel801/
Praxtel800/
Preatel800/
Pratl77501/
Prattl7158/
Protel7112/
Pratil717/
Prastl713/
Prautl711/
Prathl711/
Protell6717/
Praštil6714/
Prastil675/
Prostel674/
Prathil672/
Pratlett6362/
Prostell6336/
Prashtilova6310/
Prattlett591/
Preitl5732/
Protil5725/
Pruotl571/
Praštilová5619/
Preitelová561/

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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 Prachtel
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