Voels Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Voels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Voels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1631:2,223,674139,425
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Voels Last Name Facts

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

Voels is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Voels.

How Common Is The Last Name Voels? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,315,412th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name Voels occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Voels reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 2,223,674. In The United States Voels is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 22 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and Iowa, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.

Voels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Voels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Voels surname grew 16,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Voels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Voels surname are 26.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.53% registered to vote for the political party.

Voels earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.61% more than the national average, earning $58,516 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vowels911,653/
Voiels9116/
Voyels911/
Vouels910/
Vels891,080/
Voelsch8394/
Vowells8388/
Voweles830/
Voelz801,440/
Velsh801,315/
Boels801,252/
Veals80866/
Voils80410/
Foels80234/
Veels8038/
Woels8038/
Vells8026/
Vools8020/
Velse8018/
Velst8018/
Viels8015/
Voyls8014/
Veils8012/
Velss8011/
Viols809/
Veyls807/
Velsz801/
Velsø801/
Veuls800/
Vouchels770/
Vls7539/
Voyles737,512/
Voiles731,358/
Volles73678/
Velsch73198/
Velles73163/
Volsch7357/
Voules7347/
Boeles7330/
Veales7325/
Voilås7321/
Boelsz7317/
Boyels737/
Vieles736/
Vooles735/
Veiles735/
Veyils734/
Voetlz734/
Veglis733/
Vawels732/
Woells732/
Vealls731/
Voulse731/
Vowelz731/
Vueles731/
Voolse731/
Voilss731/
Vholes731/
Vaiels731/
Voilst731/
Vellsh731/
Vollås731/
Foelhs731/
Vehels731/
Houels730/
Foells730/
Bouels730/
Wohels730/
Vealse730/
Voyselles710/
Fels677,115/
Wels672,849/
Bels67760/
Wols67683/
Vils67474/
Velz67411/
Foelsch67287/
Velš6759/
Uels6747/
Vuls6746/
Vielles6743/
Vles6726/
Voilhes6724/
Boehles6724/
Vaicels6721/
Boelsch6720/
Völs6716/
Foellse679/
Boweles676/
Vayoles676/
Vejlsøe675/
Foehles675/
Whoelse674/
Vyls674/
Velless673/
Violles673/
Voyless672/
Velx672/
Vlsd672/
Bowells671/
Phoehls671/
Houells671/
Houelss671/
Boetles671/
Voolese671/
Vioales671/
Vieales671/
Vellese671/
Velsova671/
Vouless671/
Vøls671/
Vhls671/
Vlsp671/
Vlss671/
Vlst671/
Vlsz671/
Vlhs671/
Hvls671/
Voytils670/
Vausels670/

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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 Voels
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