Voiels Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Voiels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Voiels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:3,714,537119,675
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Voiels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Voiels is found most frequently in England. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Voiels? popularity and diffusion

Voiels is the 4,908,606th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Voiels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Voiels live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England Voiels is most common in: Merseyside, where 47 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent live and Lancashire, where 7 percent live. Barring England it exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent live.

Voiels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Voiels has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Voiels surname grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Voils91410/
Voels91171/
Viels9115/
Vowels831,653/
Voiles831,358/
Voilås8321/
Vieles836/
Voyels831/
Voilss831/
Vaiels831/
Voilst831/
Vouels830/
Voelsch7794/
Vowells7788/
Vielles7743/
Voilhes7724/
Vaicels7721/
Vieales771/
Voytils770/
Voweles770/
Voelz731,440/
Boels731,252/
Veals73866/
Vails73522/
Boils73496/
Foels73234/
Fiels7358/
Woels7338/
Veels7338/
Biels7324/
Foils7323/
Vijls7319/
Voyls7314/
Veils7312/
Vielz7310/
Veyls737/
Voilz731/
Veuls730/
Woils730/
Vouchels710/
Voyles677,512/
Boiles671,140/
Foiles67818/
Vailes67546/
Bieles67270/
Bielss67192/
Vaills67187/
Bowels67120/
Wieles6784/
Fowels6765/
Voules6747/
Fieles6742/
Biehls6734/
Boeles6730/
Veales6725/
Boelsz6717/
Wiehls6713/
Phiels679/
Boyels677/
Veiles675/
Veyils674/
Vielez673/
Fielsø672/
Vawels672/
Woells672/
Foills672/
Vealls671/
Boills671/
Bieals671/
Boicelles671/
Fielsz671/
Voulse671/
Vowelz671/
Vueles671/
Vailsh671/
Wiells671/
Vuiles671/
Foells670/
Fielss670/
Voyselles670/
Bouels670/
Vealse670/

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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 Voiels
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