Quel Surname

236,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,702 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Saint Martin

Quel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala9521:16,8941,462
Spain1961:238,53115,520
Ecuador1951:81,5685,722
United States1491:2,432,610149,447
Brazil531:4,039,138109,837
Argentina431:994,03362,207
Philippines281:3,615,651151,287
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
France141:4,744,480251,814
Saint Martin81:4,394114
England41:13,929,515290,718
El Salvador41:1,585,9724,802
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Quel (147) may also be a first name.

Quel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Quel (Bengali: কুয়েল) is most common in Guatemala. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Quel? popularity and diffusion

Quel is the 236,209th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,281,754 people. The surname Quel is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Quel live; 56 percent live in Central America and 56 percent live in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 760,591st most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 147 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Guatemala, where it is carried by 952 people, or 1 in 16,894. In Guatemala Quel is primarily found in: Guatemala Department, where 65 percent are found, Suchitepéquez Department, where 19 percent are found and Sacatepéquez Department, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Guatemala Quel exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 12 percent are found and Ecuador, where 11 percent are found.

Quel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Quel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Quel last name increased 1,863 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Quel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Quel surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Quel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.83% more than the national average, earning $44,372 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quiel895,822/
Quell891,774/
Quehl89964/
Queel893/
Quhel891/
Qul866,693/
Qel8627/
Ququel8018/
Quiehl8013/
Quiell802/
Guel7516,892/
Kuel757,851/
Cuel751,019/
Quil75368/
Qael7553/
Qull7516/
Qeel757/
Qehl757/
Quäl756/
Qoel754/
Qulp752/
Qwel752/
Quwl751/
Hqul751/
Quhl751/
Qusl751/
Qeld751/
Qcel751/
Qucl751/
Qkel751/
Qelp751/
Qeul751/
Qiel751/
Cqul751/
Kqel751/
Kqul751/
Hqel751/
Kuehl678,391/
Quill674,391/
Guell673,797/
Gouel67987/
Cuell67549/
Guehl67467/
Quilt67171/
Kuell67122/
Cuhel6791/
Couel6744/
Qweel6739/
Quiol6737/
Guelh6721/
Ql6715/
Quleh679/
Quled674/
Quellová673/
Gueel673/
Kwuel673/
Ghuel672/
Quild672/
Qulet672/
Kuelt671/
Qeelh671/
Qiehl671/
Nquil671/
Kqcel671/
Quihl671/
Quilp670/
Kuelp670/
Cuelp670/

Quel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Quel in the Bengali language
কুয়েলkuyela-

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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 Quel
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