Sháněl Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Sháněl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sháněl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1841:57,7919,677
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680

The alternate forms: Shánel (1) & Shanel (409) are calculated separately.

Sháněl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sháněl is held by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Shánel or Shanel. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sháněl? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,244,200th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name Sháněl occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sháněl live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Sháněl is most numerous in Czechia, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 57,791. In Czechia Sháněl is mostly found in: Pardubice Region, where 25 percent live, South Bohemian Region, where 17 percent live and Central Bohemian Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Czechia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Slovakia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shánel941/
Scháněl9263/
Shanel89409/
Shánil835/
Shánělová80166/
Schánil7728/
Schánělová7577/
Shanl733/
Sahnl731/
Shanil67228/
Sahnil6753/
Sahanl6715/
Schanl6710/
Sohnel679/
Shánilová674/
Shanyl672/
Sángli672/
Shonel672/
Shasnl671/
Shánelová671/
Shonil671/
Shannl671/

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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 Sháněl
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