Wanckel Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Wanckel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wanckel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Germany521:1,548,18292,602
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wanckel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wanckel is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanckel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,544,715th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 46 percent of Wanckel live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Wanckel is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 873,834. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 39 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Wanckel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wanckel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wanckel surname grew 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wanckel Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wanckel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 411.49% more than the national average, earning R 1,215,500 per year and in United States they earn 42.64% less than the national average, earning $24,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wankel92582/
Wankell8615/
Wangkel861/
Wancl8316/
Wainchel801/
Wanchell800/
Vancel77121/
Vankel7712/
Wangkl771/
Wankil771/
Vancell71109/
Vankell7123/
Wangkil7117/
Vankiel713/
Weinkel713/
Vanchel711/
Whenkel710/
Vancl67278/
Bankl67126/
Vainchel673/
Wongkoel671/
Vankiell671/
Weinkell670/

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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 Wanckel
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