Slegel Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Slegel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Slegel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1341:2,704,917162,137
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

The alternate forms: Šlegel (11), Şlegel (1) & Šlégel (2) are calculated separately.

Slegel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Slegel has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as: Šlegel, Şlegel or Šlégel. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Slegel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Slegel is the 1,471,719th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name Slegel occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Slegel live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 2,704,917. In The United States Slegel is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 7 percent reside, Arizona, where 7 percent reside and Indiana, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Slegel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Slegel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Slegel last name expanded 383 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Slegel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Slegel surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

Slegel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.49% more than the national average, earning $45,088 USD per year.

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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 Slegel
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