Schäkel Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Schäkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 514 | 1:156,625 | 18,707 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
The alternate forms: Schakel (1,208) are calculated separately.
Schäkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schäkel is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Schakel. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäkel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Schäkel is the 598,302nd most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 14,014,511 people. The surname Schäkel is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Schäkel are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Schäkel is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 514 people, or 1 in 156,625. In Germany Schäkel is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Hamburg, where 5 percent reside. Barring Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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