Recknagel Surname

160,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,711 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Recknagel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Recknagel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,2541:35,7174,722
United States3601:1,006,83074,328
Poland371:1,027,26372,414
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
England41:13,929,515290,718
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Recknagel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Recknagel occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Recknagel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 160,765th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,688,139 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Recknagel reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 2,254 people, or 1 in 35,717. In Germany it is mostly found in: Thuringia, where 49 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live and Bavaria, where 7 percent live. Excluding Germany it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Poland, where 1 percent live.

Recknagel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Recknagel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Recknagel surname increased 1,385 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Recknagel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Recknagel surname are 5.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.04% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Recknagel earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.37% less than the national average, earning $39,968 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.33% less than the national average, earning $48,029 CAD per year.

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Recknagel Reference & Research

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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 Recknagel
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