Wehl Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Wehl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 186 | 1:432,825 | 38,889 |
| Australia | 141 | 1:191,459 | 19,007 |
| Suriname | 128 | 1:4,317 | 926 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Denmark | 40 | 1:141,118 | 12,512 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63 | 1:797,122 | 49,780 |
Wehl Demographics
Wehl Political Affiliation
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Wehl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wehl Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wehl is found most in Germany. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Wehl click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wehl? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wehl is the 487,899th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 46 percent of Wehl reside; 39 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 432,825. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 40 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 28 percent live and Bavaria, where 13 percent live. Excluding Germany Wehl exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 21 percent live and Suriname, where 19 percent live.
Wehl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wehl has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wehl surname expanded 113 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wehl Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wehl last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wehl earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 60.08% more than the national average, earning R 380,412 per year and in United States they earn 18.01% more than the national average, earning $50,921 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woehl | 89 | 1,434 | / |
| Wiehl | 89 | 1,150 | / |
| Wehlt | 89 | 41 | / |
| Wuehl | 89 | 11 | / |
| Waehl | 89 | 3 | / |
| Welhl | 89 | 2 | / |
| Weehl | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wel | 86 | 2,606 | / |
| Whl | 86 | 10 | / |
| Wael | 75 | 77,674 | / |
| Wleh | 75 | 9,025 | / |
| Well | 75 | 6,199 | / |
| Weel | 75 | 2,002 | / |
| Wiel | 75 | 1,380 | / |
| Wöhl | 75 | 837 | / |
| Wihl | 75 | 241 | / |
| Wühl | 75 | 170 | / |
| Woel | 75 | 137 | / |
| Hwel | 75 | 51 | / |
| Welh | 75 | 50 | / |
| Wähl | 75 | 49 | / |
| Vehl | 75 | 25 | / |
| Wåhl | 75 | 8 | / |
| Wyhl | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wőhl | 75 | 4 | / |
| Weul | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wuel | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wwhl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whlt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wlhl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uehl | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wehlová | 73 | 13 | / |
| Wehelle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weldt | 67 | 945 | / |
| Viehl | 67 | 883 | / |
| Waell | 67 | 461 | / |
| Wl | 67 | 439 | / |
| Voehl | 67 | 334 | / |
| Woell | 67 | 183 | / |
| Huehl | 67 | 80 | / |
| Wiell | 67 | 66 | / |
| Ouehl | 67 | 37 | / |
| Wellh | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wählt | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wlech | 67 | 11 | / |
| Beehl | 67 | 11 | / |
| Weell | 67 | 10 | / |
| Velhl | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wleth | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wlesh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hwell | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wuell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wweel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weull | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weesl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hweel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wlehp | 67 | 1 | / |
| We'll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hweld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weltd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Welph | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wehl
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