Quiñel Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Quiñel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quiñel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile791:222,9936,896
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Quinel (10) are calculated separately.

Quiñel (111) may also be a first name.

Quiñel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Quiñel is borne by more people in Chile than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Quinel. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Quiñel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,955,159th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Quiñel occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Quiñel live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 890,531st most common forename on earth. It is borne by 111 people.

This surname is most common in Chile, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 222,993. In Chile it is primarily concentrated in: Los Lagos Region, where 39 percent live, Aysén Region, where 25 percent live and Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 18 percent live. Apart from Chile this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 11 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quinel9410/
Quiñil8311/
Quinell77132/
Quisnel774/
Quinuel772/
Quisnell711/
Quinehel711/
Quenel67768/
Quénel678/
Quinil672/
Quenil671/

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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 Quiñel
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