Rensel Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Rensel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rensel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4481:809,06062,242
Netherlands471:359,30239,900
Norway241:214,26224,079
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Rensel (76) may also be a first name.

Rensel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rensel is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rensel.

How Common Is The Last Name Rensel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rensel is the 596,518th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Rensel are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,107,702nd most widely held first name in the world It is held by 76 people.

The last name Rensel is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 809,060. In The United States Rensel is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 26 percent are found, Ohio, where 14 percent are found and Arizona, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 9 percent are found and Norway, where 5 percent are found.

Rensel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rensel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rensel last name rose 1,211 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rensel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rensel last name are 25.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.55% registered with the political party.

The amount Rensel earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 11.54% less than the national average, earning 306,131 kr per year and in United States they earn 8.29% less than the national average, earning $39,570 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Renszel929/
Rensell922/
Renshel921/
Renschel862/
Renseldt861/
Rengel8323,175/
Renzel83439/
Renjel83227/
Rencel837/
Remsel833/
Renxel831/
Rensil830/
Rinsel830/
Rehnseldt802/
Ruenzel7760/
Remszel7731/
Rengiel777/
Rinsell776/
Renzell772/
Rengell771/
Remsell771/
Renchel771/
Reunzel771/
Rinssel770/
Renzl73274/
Rngel735/
Renjl731/
Rinsl731/
Rnjsl731/
Remschel7168/
Ringel677,537/
Rengil67828/
Rinzel67241/
Ryngel67135/
Rincel6783/
Rünzel6723/
Reenjl679/
Renzil677/
Rüngel674/
Rängel671/
Rimsel671/
Remgel671/
Rencyl671/
Remschell671/
Remscheld671/
Renjil671/
Rinsil670/

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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 Rensel
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