Stummel Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Stummel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stummel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands561:301,55735,980
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

The alternate forms: Stümmel (16) are calculated separately.

Stummel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Stummel is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Stümmel. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stummel? popularity and diffusion

Stummel is the 2,352,516th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Stummel are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 301,557. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Drenthe, where 77 percent are found, Friesland, where 18 percent are found and Flevoland, where 2 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Germany, where 5 percent are found.

Stummel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Stummel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 76 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stümmel9516/
Stummell931/
Stommel862,370/
Stimmel861,871/
Stumell860/
Stimmell80415/
Stommell804/
Stommmel801/
Sthimmel801/
Stomel77123/
Stimel7786/
Stimell7125/
Stiemel717/
Stoemel712/
Štimmel711/
Stomell711/
Stommil710/
Stimmil710/
Štimel6212/
Stomll620/

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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 Stummel
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