Vinkele Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Vinkele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vinkele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia341:60,2959,027
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Vinķele (1) are calculated separately.

Vinkele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vinkele occurs most in Latvia. It may also occur in the variant forms: Vinķele. For other potential spellings of Vinkele click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vinkele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,055,934th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Vinkele is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Vinkele are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Latvia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 60,295. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 79 percent reside, Semigallia, where 12 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Latvia Vinkele is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vinķele951/
Vinkeles9324/
Vinkeler933/
Vinkle92122/
Finkele8678/
Venkele8619/
Vincele864/
Winkele861/
Vinkile861/
Winkeler801,297/
Venkeler8013/
Vinkelis8010/
Venkelee801/
Winkle776,854/
Vincle7755/
Winkeleer7534/
Finckeler751/
Winckeler751/
Finkeleey751/
Winkeless750/
Vincelj71492/
Venkile71372/
Winckle71104/
Venckeleer7133/
Wincele7123/
Wynkele7115/
Vincely7114/
Vencele7111/
Binkely716/
Venkela714/
Vinceli713/
Winkely713/
Fünkele712/
Venkale712/
Finkely712/
Fenkele711/
Winkile711/
Finkela711/
Winkeil711/
Vinceyl711/
Venkeli711/
Vincile711/
Wenkele710/
Wenkeler6728/
Vennkile679/
Wnkle671/
Vincolea671/
Winchele670/

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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 Vinkele
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